“Uncanny the Singing That Comes from Certain Husks”

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Williams, Joy. Letter. 1997. “‘Uncanny the Singing That Comes from Certain Husks’”, 1997, Joy Williams: Honored Guest, accessed February 11, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/joy-williams/item/1300

Title: “Uncanny the Singing That Comes from Certain Husks”
Description: Magazine tear sheet of Joy Williams essay; This essay, about the relationship between writer and language, was commissioned for an anthology titled “Why I Write” and also appeared under that title in Ill Nature.
Creator: Williams, Joy
Date: 1998
Subject: Williams, Joy, 1944-
Publisher: Oxford American. Issue number 24 (November/December 1998)
Source: Joy Williams Papers
Box 13 Folder 5; PN149 .W55 1998 4o
Type: Clipping
Format: Paper; JPEG, 400 ppi
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/
Identifier: mss158-02-13-05-15-001; mss158-02-13-05-15-003; mss158-02-13-05-15-002
Language: English

Item sets: Joy Williams: Honored Guest

Site pages: On Writing and Literature

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