{"product_id":"a-lillian-smith-reader-9780820349992","title":"A Lillian Smith Reader","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs a writer and forward-thinking social critic, Lillian Smith (1897-1966) was an astute chronicler of the twentieth-century American South and an early proponent of the civil rights movement. From her home on Old Screamer Mountain overlooking Clayton, Georgia, Smith wrote and spoke openly against racism, segregation, and Jim Crow laws long before the civil rights era. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBringing together short stories, lectures, essays, op-ed pieces, interviews, and excerpts from her longer fiction and nonfiction, \u003ci\u003eA Lillian Smith Reader\u003c\/i\u003e offers the first comprehensive collection of her work and a compelling introduction to one of the South's most important writers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA conservatory-trained music teacher who left the profession to assume charge of her family's girls' camp in Rabun County, Georgia, Smith began her literary careerwriting for a journal that she coedited with her lifelong companion, Paula Snelling, successively titled\u003ci\u003e Pseudopodia\u003c\/i\u003e (1936), the \u003ci\u003eNorth Georgia Review \u003c\/i\u003e(1937-41), and \u003ci\u003eSouth Today\u003c\/i\u003e (1942-45). Known today for her controversial, best-selling novel, \u003ci\u003eStrange Fruit \u003c\/i\u003e(1944); her collection of autobiographical essays, \u003ci\u003eKillers of the Dream\u003c\/i\u003e (1949); and her lyrical documentary, \u003ci\u003eNow Is the Time \u003c\/i\u003e(1955), Smith was acclaimed and derided in equal measures as a southern white liberal who critiqued her culture's economic, political, and religious institutions as dehumanizing for all: white and black, male and female, rich and poor. She was also a frequent and eloquent contributor to periodicals such as the \u003ci\u003eSaturday Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLIFE\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNation, \u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe influence of Smith's oeuvre extends far beyond these publications. Her legacy rests on her sense of social justice, her articulation of racial and social inequities, and her challenges to the status quo. In their totality, her works propose a vision of justice and human understanding that we have yet to achieve.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLillian Smith (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e LILLIAN SMITH (1897-1966) was a writer, teacher, lecturer, and civil rights activist. Born in Florida, Smith spent much of her life in Georgia. She is the author of seven books, including \u003ci\u003eKillers of the Dream\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStrange Fruit\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOne Hour\u003c\/i\u003e, and was also the founding editor of the magazine \u003ci\u003eSouth Today\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMargaret Rose Gladney (Editor) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e MARGARET ROSE GLADNEY is professor emerita of American Studies at the University of Alabama. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLisa Hodgens (Editor) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e LISA HODGENS is a professor of English at Piedmont College. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Georgia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50461341810962,"sku":"9780820349992","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_50c71ea4-ae6c-4700-8986-6cb7ef3b832f.jpg?v=1730064543","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-lillian-smith-reader-9780820349992","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}