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Podcast: The Talking Appalachian Podcast
Episode: Crystal Wilkinson on writing to the bone, and spoken dialect as a "revolutionary act"
Description: What did you think of this episode?We're revisiting Season One and an episode with the legendary Crystal Wilkinson, author of Praise Song for the Kitchen Ghosts (which was published after this episode aired) and other works. Crystal discusses her journey from trying to erase her Appalachian accent to embracing it as an essential part of her identity and craft. She calls her native dialect her "mother tongue" and describes the revolutionary act of allowing her "tongue to rest in its normal state."Crystal reads several powerful poems featuring her grandparents' voices:"Black...