Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel

Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel

Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel (December 22 1918 - April 13, 2007) was a long-time resident of California's Central Valley. Wilma was one of thousands who emigrated from Oklahoma to California during the Dust Bowl years of the mid-1930s.

McDaniel published more than sixteen books of poetry and was the subject of a film documentary by Chris Simon, "Down an Old Road: The Poetic Life of Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel."

Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel (1918 - 2007)

"Right off, I was always (or have always been) some kind of poet. It came with me like the color of my eyes."
Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel

External links

* [http://www.sonic.net/~ghaslam/callit/fict_m.htm Origination page for Haslam article reproduced above.]
* [http://www.back40publishing.com Highlights this late Okie Folk poet in images and poetry; also includes a fairly complete bibliography of her work.]
* [http://www.wilmaelizabethmcdaniel.com Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel archive at the Nevada County, California Library website.]


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