Interview with Judith Moffett, September 29, 2011

Project: Judith Moffett Oral History Project

Interview Summary

In this interview, Judith Moffett tells her thoughts on leaving the farm in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky. In addition, she reads from two of her novels, two poetry collections, and two books in translation: Time Like an Ever-Rolling Stream (Holy Ground Trilogy, Book 2), The Bird Shaman (Holy Ground Trilogy, Book 3), Keeping Time: Poems - "Cecropia Terzine," Whinny Moor Crossing - "The Spellbinding" and "Missing Person," Gentleman, Single, Refined and Selected Poems, 1937-1959 by Hjalmar Gullberg - "Non-Occurring Thud," "The Lilies of the Field," and "Snowbound," The North, To The North!: Five Swedish Poets of the Nineteenth Century - (1) Esaias Tegn?r, 1782-1846 - "Frithiofs saga" (2) Johan Ludvig Runeberg, 1804-1877 - Fanrik Stals Sagner "The Tales of Ensign Steele" and "Sven Duva" (3) Viktor Rydberg, 1828-1895 - "Tomten" and "The Gnome" (4) Gustaf Fr?ding, 1860-1911 - "Skalden Wennerbom," "Vennerbom The Bard," and "Subhuman Songs" (5) Erik Axel Karlfeldt, 1864-1931 - "The Witches" part 2.

Interview Accession

2012oh006_jmoff015

Interviewee Name

Judith Moffett

Interviewer Name

Meg M. Shaw

Interview Date

2011-09-29

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Moffett, Judith Interview by Meg M. Shaw. 29 Sep. 2011. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Moffett, J. (2011, September 29). Interview by M. M. Shaw. Judith Moffett Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Moffett, Judith, interview by Meg M. Shaw. September 29, 2011, Judith Moffett Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.





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