We Perfect Black with Crystal Wilkinson
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Today we're talking with Crystal Wilkinson to discuss her latest book, Perfect Black. We discuss Black girlhood, being country, food, the rural South, and our ancestors. Crystal Wilkinson, Kentucky’s Poet Laureate, is the award-winning author of Perfect Black, The Birds of Opulence , Water Street and Blackberries, Blackberries. She currently teaches at the University of Kentucky where she is Associate Professor of English in the MFA in Creative Writing Program.
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