How I Shed My Skin

Abstract

​This publication pairs a video presentation featuring Jim Grimsley speaking about How I Shed My Skin: Unlearning the Lessons of a Racist Childhood (Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books) with John Howard's review of the book. In a series of video clips, Jim Grimsley talks about writing his memoir, reads an excerpt, and answers questions during a February 17, 2015, event hosted at Emory University. John Howard responds to Grimsley's memoir of growing up in eastern North Carolina.

Keywords

• Biography
• Education
• Whiteness Studies
• @Emory
• Race Relations
• Queer Studies