Interview with Biannca Lynne Spriggs, March 15, 2018

Project: Kentucky Writers: Lineage, Contemporary Kentucky African American Writers Oral History Project

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Bianca Lynne Spriggs was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin but considers herself a Kentuckian regardless of the many places she lived growing up. Spriggs also talks about working as an English professor at Ohio University and how she has issues with students not acknowledging her credentials. Spriggs talks about the voices that shaped hers, and her discovery of Black poetry in real time. She also talks about an experience where she was inspired by Maya Angelou to write and read more poetry and how entering a poetry contest was the start of her journey as a writer. Spriggs talks about her many artistic identities and outlets such as editing, film making, performance art, and visual art. Spriggs talks about who she believes is part of her "literary lineage" or who she feels close to with her storytelling. Spriggs talks about 'standing on the shoulders' of her literary foremothers and forefathers, and how they influence her writing and storytelling. She talks about the multi-consciousness of Black women and how she related to other Black female characters while she was growing up, which influences her writing today. Spriggs talks about her use of natural and mystical imagery in her storytelling and where she gets her ideas from. Spriggs talks about her interest in tarot card reading and divination and how this shows up in her storytelling. Spriggs talks about what she thinks is the significance of having a Black literary lineage in Kentucky.

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2018oh152_kw149

Interviewee Name

Biannca Lynne Spriggs

Interviewer Name

Shanna Smith

Interview Date

2018-03-15

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Spriggs, Biannca Lynne Interview by Shanna Smith. 15 Mar. 2018. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Spriggs, B.L. (2018, March 15). Interview by S. Smith. Kentucky Writers: Lineage, Contemporary Kentucky African American Writers Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Spriggs, Biannca Lynne, interview by Shanna Smith. March 15, 2018, Kentucky Writers: Lineage, Contemporary Kentucky African American Writers Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.





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