Category Archives: Smith, Lee
Season’s Greetings
Jerry Bledsoe reads from and talks about The Angel Doll, a poignant Christmas story based on his memories of childhood. Lee Smith talks about her new novella, The Christmas Letters. In this story she uses all the Christmas letters she … Continue reading
New Southerners Part 4
Lee Smith reads from and talks about two of her novels, Oral History and The Devil’s Dream, and one of her short stories, a work entitled The Bubba Stories. 696 – New Southerners Part 4
Viewing the Eclipse
Lee Smith discusses her latest collection of stories, Me and My Baby View the Eclipse (G. P. Putnam’s Sons). Her other books include Cakewalk, Black Mountain Breakdown, and Family Linen. 529 – Viewing the Eclipse
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Fiction and the Modern American South
Southern novelists and short story writers Lisa Alther and Lee Smith investigate questions of their genre, such as the major literary and social preoccupations of fiction in the modern American South. How do novelists use their experience, literary and personal? To what degree … Continue reading
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Tagged Feminism in Literature, Southern Literature, The South
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The Profession of Authorship in America, Part 4 of 5
Edmund Fuller, Matthew Hodgson, Lee Smith, and James West converse about creative writing programs, the continuation of America’s literary inheritance, and the ways apprentice writers, editors, publishers, and reviewers achieve professional status. At the time of this interview, Fuller, the author … Continue reading
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The Profession of Authorship in America, Part 3 of 5
Edmund Fuller, Matthew Hodgson, Lee Smith, and James West discuss the role of literary agents in the United States, from Paul Revere Reynolds in the 1890s to the 1980s. Initially tackling transatlantic publishing issues, literary agents have become general business managers … Continue reading
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The Profession of Authorship in America, Part 2 of 5
Edmund Fuller, Matthew Hodgson, Lee Smith, and James West discuss contemporary and historical authorship in the United States. They outline how commercial considerations such as marketing, promotion, and distribution impact the writing, editing, and publishing of American fiction and nonfiction … Continue reading
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The Profession of Authorship in America, Part 1 of 5
Edmund Fuller, Matthew Hodgson, Dan Lacy, Lee Smith, and James West discuss the profession of authorship in the United States, including standards and ethical codes for writers, critics, and editors. They debate whether writers can be considered professionals. The speakers address … Continue reading
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