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 70
... never recovered from the dispersal policy . But of course that was the government's whole idea - to make sure we'd never be visible again . Official racism was blatant in Canada . The Americans have a Bill of Rights , right ? We don't ...
... never recovered from the dispersal policy . But of course that was the government's whole idea - to make sure we'd never be visible again . Official racism was blatant in Canada . The Americans have a Bill of Rights , right ? We don't ...
Page 92
... never quite trusting it . The photos of Sasquatch may be blurred , or faked , but Sasquatch is very real in the mind of the Northwest . Sasquatch is the necessary presence of the unknowable but still potential- ly human . Sasquatch is ...
... never quite trusting it . The photos of Sasquatch may be blurred , or faked , but Sasquatch is very real in the mind of the Northwest . Sasquatch is the necessary presence of the unknowable but still potential- ly human . Sasquatch is ...
Page 128
... never have - the poet who will do with logging and its verbal forms what Robert Kroetsch did with the languages of the prairie farm in Seed Catalogue ( 1977 ) . The most significant poet , so far , to give us some sense of the literary ...
... never have - the poet who will do with logging and its verbal forms what Robert Kroetsch did with the languages of the prairie farm in Seed Catalogue ( 1977 ) . The most significant poet , so far , to give us some sense of the literary ...
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