“As a fiction writer, of course, you need to take some leeway with certain aspects of history to make the story work.” NeedsStoriesCertainCoursesFictionAspectFiction Writers Author:Joseph Boyden
“From a craft standpoint, telling a story in the first-person present tense over the course of 500 pages is a daunting challenge.” FirstsPersonsStoriesCoursesChallengesPagesCraftsTenseStandpointFirst PersonPresent Tense Author:Joseph Boyden
“There's a few scholars that object to how the italicized sections suggest that Native people are to take some part in the blame for how colonization occurred. But I say, "Yes they are." Not nearly as much blame as the colonizers, of course. But we are not just victims. I hate this idea that we are all just victimized and oppressed and etcetera etcetera. It's dehumanizing in its own way.” PeopleWayIdeasHateCoursesObjectsI HateVictimBlameNativeScholarOppressedSectionsColonizationEtcetera Author:Joseph Boyden
