Dr. Curtis Rogers discusses South Carolina cotton mill history through the poetry of author Kimberly J. Simms. Kimberly is graduate of Furman and Clemson Universities and her work has appeared in over 30 literary journals including the Asheville Poetry Review and the Broad River Review. She is a Pushcart Prize nominee and her work is included in the South Carolina Poetry Archives at Furman University. She is the proud founder of Wits End Poetry, a non-profit now celebrating 15 years of creating South Carolina poetry events and educational outreach. Kimberly is also a recent participant in our Speaker @ the Center program in March of 2018.
Simms' book, Lindy Lee: Songs on Mill Hill, brings to life the social fault lines of textile mills in the rural South Carolina Piedmont — themes of child labor, the changing roles of women, of a fading away of life where isolation is juxtaposed against a strong sense of community. Part history, part poetry — this collection is peppered with the poignant, rarely seen photography of Lewis Hine (1874 – 1940). With Lindy Lee, Simms finds the vast and profound in the smallest of domestic spaces. In the words of William Wright (2016 Georgia Author of the Year), she celebrates and records in vivid imagery “the joys and hardships of a charged, mythic, and sweat-soaked place.”
Links:
Stories of Struggle - Claudia Smith Brinson - Episode 128
The South Carolina State Hospital: Stories from Bull Street - Ep 127
From Pirates to Poe with SC Author Chris Downey - Episode 126
South Carolina Wildlife Magazine with Editor, Joey Frazier - Episode 125
Murder, Forgotten - Deb Richardson-Moore - Episode 124
Miracles of South Carolina - Robbie Boman - Episode 123
Talking Book Services with Brenda Boyd - Episode 122
SCASL & Going Back to School - Episode 121
Home Literacy & Summer Reading with Dr. Eliza Braden - Episode 120
Summer Reading - Episode 119
Black Lives Matter & Libraries - Dr. Nicole Cooke - Episode 118
Wanda Jewell & SIBA - Episode 117
COVID-19 and SC Libraries - Jean Gudenas, MUSC Library - Episode 116
COVID-19 and SC Libraries - Reid Austin, Wessels Library, Newberry College - Episode 115
COVID-19 and SC Libraries - Union County Library System - Episode 114
COVID-19 and SC Libraries - Natalie Hauff, Charleston County Public Library - Episode 113
COVID-19 and SC Libraries - Ray McBride, Beaufort County Public Library - Episode 112
COVID-19 and SC Libraries - Blair Hinson, Oconee County Public Library - Episode 111
BibliObservatory - Dr. Pat Feehan - Episode 12
SCCADVASA and SCDHEC, Part 5 - LibraryVoicesSC Podcast Episode 110
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