Lillian E. Smith Center

The LES Center serves as an educational center and an artist retreat.

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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Fall is always a special time at LES listening to the leaves descend to the ground as we walk the trails.

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"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."

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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

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It’s a beautiful Saturday afternoon here at @TheWrensNest where we’re getting ready to talk about Lillian Smith, Martin Luther King, Jr., and more.

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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.

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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.

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Good morning from LES!

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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

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Mark your calendar to join us next Wednesday, October 23, for our virtual book club night on Marge Piercy's 1976 novel "Woman on the Edge of Time."

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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

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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.

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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.

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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

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Did you know that Lilian Smith’s “Strange Fruit” was banned in Boston and elsewhere? #BannedBooksWeek

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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

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Here’s wishing you a happy weekend from LES. It’s a beautiful day up here and Laurel Falls is providing soothing moments of relaxation.