Starting on Mon. April 29th through Wed. May 1st, some library services may be unavailable due to system maintenance. Collections will be searchable, but patron account services will be limited.

Jim Grimsley

Sort by

Covers List

Hide Covers

1) The last green tree

Author

Grimsley, Jim

Pub. Date

2006.

Edition

First edition.

Language

English

2) The dove in the belly

Author

Grimsley, Jim

Pub. Date

2022.

Language

English

Description

Read Description

"The trailer Ronny grew up in was never a home; at least not in the sense of a haven. He shared it with his mother and a succession of husbands, learning to keep to himself, get good grades, work toward a scholarship (since no one was going to pay for college other than him). At the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Ronny's made some friends, kept his secrets, survived dorm life, and protected his heart. Until he can't. Ben is in some ways...

3) How I shed my skin: unlearning the racist lessons of a Southern childhood

Author

Grimsley, Jim

Pub. Date

2015.

Edition

First edition.

Language

English

Description

Read Description

"In August of 1966, Jim Grimsley entered the sixth grade in the same public school he had attended for the five previous years in his small eastern North Carolina hometown. But he knew that the first day of this school year was going to be different: for the first time he'd be in a classroom with black children ... Now, over forty years later, Grimsley ... revisits that school and those times, remembering his personal reaction to his first real exposure...