In this preview, Melanie Morrison talks about what her father said about Lillian Smith and her impact on her parents' lives.

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Preview of Ep: 18, Melanie Morrison

In this episode, we speak with speaking with L.J. Harrison. He marched alongside Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the 1960s, after graduating from college, he taught history in Stephens County and elsewhere, and he served for five years on the Toccoa City Commission and as mayor of Toccoa. We spoke with him about the movement, the importance of teaching history, and Lillian Smith.

L.J. Harrison "Dope with Lime" Ep. 30

In this episode, we speak with Dr. Kamala Dutt, Professor Emerita in the Department of Pathology at Morehouse School of Medicine. She has published three collections of short stories and one novella in Hindi and one poetry collection in English. 

She has had residencies at the Lillian E. Smith Center for over two decades. We speak about the intersections of literature and science, her memories of her time at the center, specifically her memories of Bill, Nancy, Robert, Pearl, and the Johns who make the center special for her, and much more.

Dr. Kamala Dutt "Dope with Lime" Ep. 44

In this episode, we speak with artist and writer Tommye McClure Scanlin. She taught art for decades at the University of North Georgia, and is a world-renowned weaver. We speak with her about the importance of artist institutions on Northeast Georgia, her connection to the Lillian E. Smith Center, and the ways that the center has influenced her own art.

Scanlin supports the McClure-Scanlin Visual Artist Residency Award, one of the four residency awards offered by the LES Center. If you'd like to donate and support these awards, please visit our website: https://www.piedmont.edu/lillian-e-smith-center/giving/

Or, you can email us at lescenter@piedmont.edu

Tommye McClure Scanlin "Dope with Lime" Ep. 45

“Dope with Lime” is a production of the Lillian E. Smith Center at Piedmont College. Through interviews with scholars, artist residents, readers, and more, “Dope with Lime” discusses Lillian E. Smith’s life, work, and continued legacy. 

“Dope with Lime” was a column that Lillian E. Smith wrote in the pages of the literary journal that she co-edited with her partner Paula Snelling. Colloquially, the phrase referred to cutting the sweetness of Coca-Cola with lime juice. In her columns, Smith would us satire and bite to comment on Southern life and letters. The column was, for all intents and purposes, blog and podcast like, relaying Smith’s thoughts in a conversational and witty manner.

Tommye McClure Scanlin "Dope with Lime" Ep. 45

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