Interview with Charles Semones, November 1, 1992
Project: Kentucky Writers Oral History Project
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Charles W. Semones discusses the role of religion in his life and in his poetry, the role of poetry in his life, his poetry itself, being a poet in a rural area, and what he perceives as estrangement from other Kentucky writers due to his being "just" an elementary school language arts teacher.Interview Accession
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Poetry Charles Semones Literature Kentucky writers Wade Hall Joy Bale Boone Kentucky Poetry ReviewInterview Rights
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Semones, Charles Interview by L. Elisabeth Beattie. 01 Nov. 1992. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Semones, C. (1992, November 01). Interview by L. E. Beattie. Kentucky Writers Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Semones, Charles, interview by L. Elisabeth Beattie. November 01, 1992, Kentucky Writers Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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