Tag: lillian e smith

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+ anna seghers, belonging: a german reckons with history and home, history, holocaust, lillian e smith, nora krug, world war ii

We Must Remain Ever Vigilant of Ourselves

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The generational trauma of oppression impacts everyone involved: the oppressed and the oppressor alike. While the trauma does not impact each in the same manner, it creates psychological trauma that each must endure. Lillian Smith points this out in Killers of the Dream when she writes “that the warped, distorted frame we have put around every negro child from birth is around every white … Read More We Must Remain Ever Vigilant of Ourselves

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+ eric solomon, lillian e smith, Matthew Shepard, The Laramie Project

“Who are we?”: What do we see when we confront our reflections?

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Twenty-six years ago, Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson murdered Matthew Shephard in Laramie, Wyoming. On October 6, 1998, they beat him and left him strung to a fence for eighteen hours until someone found him. Six days later, Shepard died at a hospital in Fort Collins, Colorado. McKinney and Henderson were charged with first-degree murder, and the case drew attention to anti-LGBTQ violence and … Read More “Who are we?”: What do we see when we confront our reflections?

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+ legacy, lillian e smith, writing

Lillian Smith’s Enduring Legacy

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What makes Lillian Smith’s work endure? What makes any writer’s work endure? The relationship between an author and their text, and a text and its audience, is a cooperative experience — they hold hands, speaking to one another in a circle. This “collaboration of the dream,” as Smith refers to it in “Trembling Earth,” encourages artist and audience to collaborate in the construction of … Read More Lillian Smith’s Enduring Legacy

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+ lillian e smith, race, southern literature, strange fruit, white supremacy

Community Complicity in White Supremacy in Lillian Smith’s “Strange Fruit”

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Lillian Smith’s Strange Fruit ends with the lynching of Henry McIntosh and the community members’ reactions to the murder. Following Ed Anderson murder of Tracy Deen, the townspeople, specifically the poor white mill hands, seek vengeance and they accuse Henry of murdering Tracy because Henry moved Tracy’s body off of the road into the palmetto bushes. The fact that Henry is innocent doesn’t matter. The mob, … Read More Community Complicity in White Supremacy in Lillian Smith’s “Strange Fruit”

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+ ernest j gaines, lillian e smith, strange fruit, the autobiography of miss jane pittman

Southern Connections Between Lillian Smith & Ernest Gaines

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Early in my career, I became immersed in the work of Ernest Gaines because I worked at the Ernest J. Gaines Center at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. This position allowed me to dig deep into Gaines’ work, utilizing the archives at the center as well as Gaines himself. I had the opportunity to sit down with Gaines, multiple times, and just talk. … Read More Southern Connections Between Lillian Smith & Ernest Gaines

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