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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Page 96
... leave the project not quite finished . Tall tale reaches its apogee with one more climb to the top , where Toby waves flag of possession from the peak of his rebuilt home . Yes , it's all just a bit over the top . Like gossip . Which is ...
... leave the project not quite finished . Tall tale reaches its apogee with one more climb to the top , where Toby waves flag of possession from the peak of his rebuilt home . Yes , it's all just a bit over the top . Like gossip . Which is ...
Page 103
... leaving the head , backbone , and tail in one piece . He made incisions at short intervals in each flank piece ... leaves was heaped on this , on which the pieces of sever- al salmon were laid covered with mats . From time to time the ...
... leaving the head , backbone , and tail in one piece . He made incisions at short intervals in each flank piece ... leaves was heaped on this , on which the pieces of sever- al salmon were laid covered with mats . From time to time the ...
Page 208
... Leaving Always Coming Home to the end of the book was , in part , an honouring of its success in recognizing and renegotiating the tradition- al boundaries between fiction and science , between anthropological field notes and the novel ...
... Leaving Always Coming Home to the end of the book was , in part , an honouring of its success in recognizing and renegotiating the tradition- al boundaries between fiction and science , between anthropological field notes and the novel ...
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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