Interview with Crystal Wilkinson, November 24, 2017
Project: Kentucky Writers: Lineage, Contemporary Kentucky African American Writers Oral History Project
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Wilkinson talks about her writing identities as a Kentucky African American woman writer and how that has affected her writing and her life. She discusses the writers that make up her literary lineage. She also talks about the importance of land to African Americans and the significance that land plays in her own writing. Finally, she discusses the significance of a Kentucky African American literary heritage.Interview Accession
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Wilkinson, Crystal Interview by Shanna Smith. 24 Nov. 2017. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Wilkinson, C. (2017, November 24). 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.
Wilkinson, Crystal, interview by Shanna Smith. November 24, 2017, 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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