Background
McKinney was born in Belington and earned her Bachelor of Arts in English Literature at West Virginia Wesleyan College, in addition to an Master of Arts
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Quick Fire and Slow Fire: Poems
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Irene McKinney
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University of Utah; West Virginia University.
Career
At West Virginia University and her Doctor of Philosophy in English literature from the University of Utah. She was a protégé of and editor for Louise McNeill. A relationship which helped form her commitment to regionalism in writing.
She died of cancer at the family home in Barbour County at the age of 72.
Backcountry: Contemporary Writing in West Virginia (Editor, Vandalia Press, 2002).
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United States