How Am I to Be Heard?: Letters of Lillian Smith

By: Smith, Lillian

Book Overview

This compelling volume offers the first full portrait of the life and work of writer Lillian Smith (1897-1966), the foremost southern white liberal of the mid-twentieth century. Smith devoted her life to lifting the veil of southern self-deception about race, class, gender, and sexuality. Her books, essays, and especially her letters explored the ways in which the South's attitudes and institutions perpetuated a dehumanizing experience for all its...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807820954
• ISBN13: 9780807820957
• Release Date: September 1993
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 406 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"