In this episode, we speak with Megan Butchart about the literary journal that Lillian Smith and Paula Snelling published from Screamer Mountain from 1936-1945. Megan is a recent graduate of the University of Alberta where she received her M.A. in English. Her thesis was "The Literary Activism of Lillian Smith and Paula Snelling’s Little Magazine South Today." We spoke with Megan about the importance of the journal, the contributors, and how the journal got Smith and Snelling in trouble with law enforcement and the community.
"Buying a New World With Old Confederate Bills": https://tinyurl.com/3spwy4kv
"Evelyn Scott and Southern Background": https://tinyurl.com/yvtys4h4
Megan's research detailing individuals connected with the journal:
Subscribers - https://arcg.is/1PSXiG0
Reader Essay Forum Respondents - https://arcg.is/19CP1T0
Contributors - https://arcg.is/0uCSu40
