Carolina Quotes
[M]y grandmother was very fortunate that she went through the ninth grade; my grandfather only completed the third. So they could tell stories they never would have been able to write. There was a lot of power in the spoken word, and it was revered as such, I think.
Jill McCorkle Carolinian
Source
"Creature of Habit: An Interview with Jill McCorkle," conversation with Sherry Ellis, AGNI Online, July 2003
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- interview
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- Creature of Habit
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- 2003
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