Caption: Photo courtesy Jim Chlebda
Photo courtesy Jim Chlebda 

Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel

Series: The Short So Long
From: This Land Press
Length: 00:04:07

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Jim Chlebda talks to us about his close friend Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel, a prolific poet and writer who, with her family, left Oklahoma for California in the 1930's. Despite leaving the state as a girl, her experiences in Oklahoma continued to influence McDaniel's writing for the rest of her life. Read the full description.

Wilma_elizabeth_mcdaniel_small Jim Chlebda talks to us about his close friend Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel, a prolific poet and writer who, with her family, left Oklahoma for California in the 1930's. Despite leaving the state as a girl, her experiences in Oklahoma continued to influence McDaniel's writing for the rest of her life.

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