Swanson, Alice | Tennessee Encyclopedia

Swanson, AliceRandal Rust2017-11-11T14:30:02+00:00

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Marilou Awiakta, Cherokee and Appalachian poet, storyteller, and essayist, was born in Knoxville in 1936 and reared in Oak Ridge. She graduated magna cum laude from the University of Tennessee in 1958. Awiakta's unique fusion of her Cherokee and Appalachian…