Interview with Jim Grimsley, May 9, 2016Collection: Richard B. Russell Library Oral History Documentary Collection |
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Description
Jim Grimsley was born in 1955 in North Carolina. He worked as a playwright for 7 Stages Theater for over 20 years and has written numerous semi-autobiographical novels including Winter Birds and Dream Boy. He is a Professor of Practice in the English and Creative Writing departments at Emory University. In this interview, Grimsley discusses his experience with school integration as he talks about recent memoir How I Shed My Skin: Unlearning the Racist Lessons of a Southern Childhood.
Date
2016-05-09
Identifier
RBRL175OHD-028
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Duration
86 minutes
Citation
Jim Grimsley and John Inscoe, “Interview with Jim Grimsley, May 9, 2016,” UGA Special Collections Libraries Oral Histories, accessed November 21, 2024, https://georgiaoralhistory.libs.uga.edu/RBRL175OHD/RBRL175OHD-028.