"My poems were just kind of all over……" — James Welch
"My poems were just kind of all over the place. They had no focus, no location, nothing. Kind of a series of images that could have been set anywhere. A lot of the poems were just exercises for myself."
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16 Quotes by James Welch
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I wrote a lot in study hall to while away the hours.
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The title of the poems was The Only Bar in Dixon. We sent it out to The New Yorker on…
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Nobody would take checks from Indians, nobody would give them any credit, and nobody would let them drink in the…
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I do believe in the viability of Indian spiritualism.
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I used to object to being called an Indian writer, and would always say I was a writer who happened…
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I am definitely a storyteller, but probably not a traditional Storyteller.
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I wander around, get the lay of the land and try to imagine what kind of people would have lived…
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Richard Hugo taught me that anyone with a desire to write, an ear for language and a bit of imagination…
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To receive this award from an organization I admire so much makes me totally happy and grateful.
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Our literature is in great shape.
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Before, Indian people had been so defeated, they were always looking for outsiders, for the government, to somehow come in…
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I think ethnic and regional labels are insulting to writers and really put restrictions on them. People don't think your…
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