Interview with Kathleen Driskell, September 2, 1997
Project: Kentucky Writers Oral History Project
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Kathleen Driskell discusses her early life including her family, education, and her interest in art. She talks about when she became interested in writing as a career, and talks about influences on her writing. She talks about meeting and marrying her husband Terry, her experience being in an MFA program, and her and her husband's writing and non-writing work. She discusses themes in her work, the influence of her family and teaching on her writing, her focus on the process of writing, and her publications.Interview Accession
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Driskell, Kathleen Interview by L. Elisabeth Beattie. 02 Sep. 1997. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Driskell, K. (1997, September 02). Interview by L. E. Beattie. Kentucky Writers Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Driskell, Kathleen, interview by L. Elisabeth Beattie. September 02, 1997, Kentucky Writers Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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