It was a gorgeous day to celebrate the life, legacy, and work of Lillian E Smith. Thank you @KeriLeighMerrit for your words. @GeorgiaHistory for your support. @janemcphers for joining us. And @PiedmontGA @Maddhatfield & Angel Rucker
In the latest episode of "Dope with Lime," we speak with Brenda Bynum and Hal Jacobs about how Lillian Smith inspires their art, creativity, and lives.
https://t.co/10sauENiJu
Join us November 20 for a virtual meal during our next book club event. We'll be reading Crystal Wilkinson's memoir "Priasesong for the Kitchen Ghosts." Choose a recipe from the book or one of your own and join us for a meal as we discuss the book.
A couple of years ago with spoke with Civil Rights activist Joan Browning about participating in the Freedom Rides, her involvement in the Civil Rights Movement, her introduction to Lillian Smith's work, and much more.
https://t.co/7ShHBf3suA
"Something [is] wrong with a world that tells you that love is good and people are important and then forces you to deny love and humiliate people." Lillian E. Smith "Killers of the Dream."
Did you miss our talk on Lillian Smith and Martin Luther King, Jr. at The Wren's Nest? Don't fret, you can hear it on their page. https://t.co/WVzOWgLyXW
While we found so many formal recordings of Lillian Smith amongst the records we digitized, we also found more intimate ones like this with Lillian talking to a young girl about a cat at Laurel Falls Camp for Girls.
Check out this edition of @lsupress 1967 book “Forgotten Voices: Dissenting Southerners in an Age of Conformity” by Charles Wayne’s. Dedicated to Lillian Smith and inscribed to her sister Annie Laurie Peeler.
Did you miss our recent five-part series on Lillian Smith and Religion? You can still check out our episodes with @applebaum_dr@annandabarclay Keri Leigh Merritt
https://t.co/A1tImdsptJ
Part 5 of our series on Lillian Smith and Religion is now live. We speak with @applebaum_dr@KeriLeighMerrit@annandabarclay about Lillian Smith and hope. https://t.co/QeGW5Hct5f
Before the first performance of @PiedmontGA The Laramie Project this Thursday, join us at the Mason-Scharfenstein Museum at 3:00 pm for a presentation by Dr. Eric Solomon entitled “Who are We?”: Laramie at 25.
Lillian Smith passed away #otd in 1966. Our purpose at LES is to keep her legacy and work alive. To help support us in this endeavor, click on the link in our bio.
Check out part IV or our series on Lillian Smith & Religion where we speak with @annandabarclay about Audre Lorde's "Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power" & Smith's "Three Ghost Stories."
https://t.co/h8LwKuZMWF
We're gearing up for our fall virtual book club! Mark your calendars!
*October 23--Marge Piercy's "Woman on the Edge of Time"
*November 20--@CrystalWilki Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts