"Dope with Lime"

“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.

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Nicole Robinson "Dope With Lime" Ep. 6

In this episode of "Dope With Lime," we are speaking with Nicole Robinson, the Narrative Medicine Coordinator at Akron Children’s Hospital in Ohio. Previously, she worked as the Assistant Director of the Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University. She has an MFA from Ashland University a BA in English from Kent State University. Recently, she was an artist resident at the Lillian E. Smith Center. Today, we are going to talk about her work as the narrative medicine coordinator and her stay at th...

Mar 09, 2020•23 min

Ben Railton "Dope with Lime" Ep. 5

In this episode, we speak Dr. Ben Railton, Professor of English and Coordinator of English Studies at Fitchburg State University, about his talk at the 2019 Lillian E. Smith Symposium, about how Smith would use social media to convey her message and about individuals on social media who carry on Smith's legacy through their writing.

Feb 24, 2020•23 min

Julie Buckner Armstrong "Dope with Lime" Ep. 4

In this episode, we speak with Dr. Julie Buckner Armstrong, Professor of English and Literature Program Coordinator at the University of South Florida. We discuss her current book project, Birmingham Stories, and her time as a resident at the LES Center.

Feb 10, 2020•21 min

Andrew Beck Grace "Dope with Lime" Ep. 3

In this episode, we talk with Andrew Beck Grace, teacher of Journalism and Creative Media at the University of Alabama, about the ways that Lillian Smith's "Killers of the Dream" informed the NPR podcast "White Lies" which he did with Chip Brantley. "White Lies" exposes the lies that surrounded the murder of Rev. James Reeb in Alabama in 1965.

Jan 27, 2020•26 min

Eileen Boris "Dope with Lime" Ep. 2

In this episode of “Dope With Lime,” we speak with Dr. Eileen Boris, Hull Professor, Distinguished Professor of Feminist Studies, Professor of History, Black Studies, and Global Studies at the University of California Santa Barbara. We talk about how she discovered Lillian E. Smith, Smith's continued relvance, and the appearance of Smith's novel "Strange Fruit" (1944) in Chester Himes' "If He Hollers Let Him Go" (1945). Note: We apologize. We had issues with the audio, so please bear with it in ...

Jan 13, 2020•20 min

Michal Choinski "Dope With Lime" Ep. 1

In this episode of “Dope With Lime,” we speak with Dr. Michał Choiński, Assistant Professor of English Studies at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland. We talk with him about teaching Lillian E. Smith in Poland and his recent visit to Piedmont College.

Dec 11, 2019•27 min

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