Carolina Quotes
I don’t mind being called a Southern writer. People have to catalog you in some way so that they can approach you from that angle. What else could they call me?
Elizabeth Spencer Carolinian
Source
Interview with Maria Browning by telephone from her home in Chapel Hill, Chapter 16 (Humanities Tennessee), July 13, 2010
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- interview
- work
- Landscapes of Her Heart
- year
- 2010
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“I don’t mind being called a Southern writer. People have to …” Elizabeth Spencer. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-17EF62C74C. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/17ef62c74c
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