Interview with Martha Barnette, September 12, 1997
Project: Kentucky Writers Oral History Project
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Barnette talks about growing up in Louisville (Ky.), interning at Louisville Times, and work as a journalist and non-fiction writer. She discusses her book on William Schroeder, the second person in the nation to receive an artificial heart transplant. She talks about her two books on etymology and her future projects. She also touches on the subject of gay rights and her advocacy.Interview Accession
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Authors, American--Kentucky Intellectual life Literature Journalism Journalists Louisville (Ky.)Interview Rights
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Barnette, Martha Interview by L. Elisabeth Beattie. 12 Sep. 1997. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Barnette, M. (1997, September 12). Interview by L. E. Beattie. Kentucky Writers Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Barnette, Martha, interview by L. Elisabeth Beattie. September 12, 1997, Kentucky Writers Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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