#61 Restoring A Writer's Legacy- A Tale Of Two Effie Smith's - 1906

About this episode

This episode explores the intertwined lives of two poets named Effie Smith, highlighting issues of race and literary legacy.

Two women born the same year-1879, both given the same first name, both poets, and living only 150 miles apart. One was a black woman, the other, a white woman. Both eventually were known as Effie Smith. What are the odds? In this episode, we uncover the fact that one writer's work has been credited to the other. Sally aquired a 1906 diary and two journal like composition books filled with short stories, essays, and poems. The author's name was not in any of the three manuscripts but when Sal...

People in this episode

Hosts: Sally, Jeff Richards

Topics covered

• literary history
• poetry
• identity
• race
• legacy
• diaries

Keywords

• Effie Smith
• poets
• diary
• 1906
• literary legacy
• race
• identity

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