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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Reading the Pacific Northwest Laurence Ricou. gutters swarmed , most winter nights , with trav- eling rain " ( 6 ) ... night were the subject of perpetual conversation " ( 13 ) . To speak of the mysterious migrating homes ( and guises ) ...
Reading the Pacific Northwest Laurence Ricou. gutters swarmed , most winter nights , with trav- eling rain " ( 6 ) ... night were the subject of perpetual conversation " ( 13 ) . To speak of the mysterious migrating homes ( and guises ) ...
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... night . The dou- bling of Pauline and Tekahionwake ( Johnson's Mohawk name ) matches the doubling of Crate and Johnson— " half - blood " ( 7 ) , designating shared cultural experience , also implies a metaphor for one woman poet trying ...
... night . The dou- bling of Pauline and Tekahionwake ( Johnson's Mohawk name ) matches the doubling of Crate and Johnson— " half - blood " ( 7 ) , designating shared cultural experience , also implies a metaphor for one woman poet trying ...
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... night , thanks to Eddy , thanks to love , I came as a blind man led by a seeing - eye salmon - and it showed me a world I'd believed was destroyed , a world where a man could still walk unfeared among the animals and birds he calls ...
... night , thanks to Eddy , thanks to love , I came as a blind man led by a seeing - eye salmon - and it showed me a world I'd believed was destroyed , a world where a man could still walk unfeared among the animals and birds he calls ...
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