{"product_id":"how-am-i-to-be-heard-letters-of-lillian-smith-paperback","title":"How Am I to Be Heard?: Letters of Lillian Smith - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMargaret Rose Gladney\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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 people--white and black, male and female, rich and poor. Her best-known books are \u003ci\u003eStrange Fruit\u003c\/i\u003e (1944), a bestselling interracial love story that brought her international acclaim; and \u003ci\u003eKillers of the Dream\u003c\/i\u003e (1949), an autobiographical critique of southern race relations that angered many southerners, including powerful moderates. Subsequently, Smith was effectively silenced as a writer. Rose Gladney has selected 145 of Smith's 1500 extant letters for this volume. Arranged chronologically and annotated, they present a complete picture of Smith as a committed artist and reveal the burden of her struggles as a woman, including her lesbian relationship with Paula Snelling. Gladney argues that this triple isolation--as woman, lesbian, and artist--from mainstream southern culture permitted Smith to see and to expose southern prejudices with absolute clarity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 406\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.98 x 9.22 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 05, 1996\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51775873057056,"sku":"9780807845806","price":76.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6084a13d953973e0959b1a0ce817fba0.webp?v=1780468141","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/how-am-i-to-be-heard-letters-of-lillian-smith-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}