Interview with George Ella Lyon, March 2, 1985
Project: Kentucky Writers Oral History Project
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George Ella Lyon talks about her early life in Harlan, Kentucky, her education, and her awareness and consciousness of being an Appalachian woman poet. There's also discussion between her and interviewer Gurney Norman about stereotypes of Appalachia and policing of language as an imperialist act.Interview Accession
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Lyon, George Ella Interview by Gurney Norman. 02 Mar. 1985. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Lyon, G.E. (1985, March 02). Interview by G. Norman. Kentucky Writers Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Lyon, George Ella, interview by Gurney Norman. March 02, 1985, Kentucky Writers Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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