The Arbutus/Madrone Files: Reading the Pacific NorthwestThis lively and perceptive look at the literature of the U.S. and Canadian Pacific Northwest explores the dynamics of the cross-border region using resonant quotations, poetry, song lyrics, and art to demonstrate and enhance Laurie Ricou's critical readings and ideas. |
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... Steveston through the frame of Yellowfish points to a buried narrative in the poem . As Keeble's title claims , fish is a central trope in his novel : " His employer . . . had told him [ Erks ] that the business was called ' yellow ...
... Steveston through the frame of Yellowfish points to a buried narrative in the poem . As Keeble's title claims , fish is a central trope in his novel : " His employer . . . had told him [ Erks ] that the business was called ' yellow ...
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... Steveston , which begins with a section titled " Imagine : a town , " ends with this section whose title finally attaches to the circles of words its most familiar place name : " Steveston , BC " ( the play on the abbreviation " BC ...
... Steveston , which begins with a section titled " Imagine : a town , " ends with this section whose title finally attaches to the circles of words its most familiar place name : " Steveston , BC " ( the play on the abbreviation " BC ...
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... Steveston is another hungry , souvenir - gathering , bewildered , traveller like was impossible to follow a straight line in con- versation with the man " ( 159 ) -Erks under- stands that what he's look- ing for speaks outside either ...
... Steveston is another hungry , souvenir - gathering , bewildered , traveller like was impossible to follow a straight line in con- versation with the man " ( 159 ) -Erks under- stands that what he's look- ing for speaks outside either ...
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Afterfile Anthology arbutus arbutus/madrone Asian BC Studies berries blue heron border boundary Bringhurst British Columbia Canada Canadian Literature Cascadia cedar Chinook colour cross-border culture David David James Duncan David Wagoner ecological edge Emily Carr Erks Essays Excerpt fiction File fish Folklore forest Grainger green Hodgins Hodgins's imagine Indian intertidal Jack Jack Hodgins Japanese Keeble Keeble's Ken Kesey Kesey Collection Kesey's land landscape language literary living loggers madrone maps Marlatt metaphor migration mother mountain narrative Nations Native No-No Boy North Northwest writing novel Obasan ocean Okada oral Oregon Pacific Northwest permission place names Plate poem poet political rain Raven reader region reminder Richard Hugo River Robert Robert Bringhurst salal salmon Sasquatch Seattle sense silence Steveston story talk tell tion Tom Robbins Toronto translation tree Trower Washington West Coast Winter woodswords words Yellowfish York