Interview with Crystal Wilkinson, January 15, 2010
Project: Kentucky Writers: Kentucky Writers On The Land Oral History Project
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This interview follows up on other interviews with Crystal Wilkinson in the Kentucky Writers: Agrarian Writers collection. This interview focuses specifically on Wilkinson's agrarian background and influences. She discusses her homeplace in Indian Creek, Casey County, Kentucky, where she grew up on her grandparents' small farm. She discusses how growing up both African American and "country" has specifically influenced her work as a writer.Interview Accession
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Racism African American farmers Agrarians (Group of writers) Casey County (Ky.) Family farms.Interview Rights
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Wilkinson, Crystal Interview by Arwen Donahue. 15 Jan. 2010. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Wilkinson, C. (2010, January 15). Interview by A. Donahue. Kentucky Writers: Kentucky Writers On The Land Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Wilkinson, Crystal, interview by Arwen Donahue. January 15, 2010, Kentucky Writers: Kentucky Writers On The Land Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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