Interview with Charles Rowell, July 7, 1980
Project: Kentucky Writers Oral History Project
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Rowell reads some of his poems and talks about their relation to his own life. He expresses his opinions about the "Black experience" and how it is universal. He discusses his founding of Callaloo literary magazine, which was meant to provide a forum for African American writers of the south.Interview Accession
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Rowell, Charles Interview by David Farrell. 07 Jul. 1980. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Rowell, C. (1980, July 07). Interview by D. Farrell. Kentucky Writers Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Rowell, Charles, interview by David Farrell. July 07, 1980, Kentucky Writers Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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