tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6608134443246627504.post3082221744661126971..comments2024-03-26T04:42:51.815-06:00Comments on Page Lambert: All Things Literary & All Things Natural : 8000 Writers Descend on Denver - AWP, Second InstallmentConnecting People with Nature, and Writers with Wordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01843366084313026823noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6608134443246627504.post-16371170217671973012010-04-21T10:26:52.526-06:002010-04-21T10:26:52.526-06:00Hi Kristin! Good to see you at AWP! Sorry I miss...Hi Kristin! Good to see you at AWP! Sorry I missed the SUN reading. Not all Native American writing has strong spiritual elements - their topics are as diverse as main stream writing - but perhaps a strong oral story telling tradition (for any culture) frees up the writer to step outside the bounds of traditional genre writing. Interesting things to think about!Page Lamberthttp://www.pagelambert.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6608134443246627504.post-13270134439776262632010-04-21T10:02:34.678-06:002010-04-21T10:02:34.678-06:00Page, it's great to read about some of the pan...Page, it's great to read about some of the panels I wasn't able to attend. (I did make it to the Sun reading, though, and it was indeed a highlight.) I love what LeAnne Howe says about genre. Leslie Marmon Silko said something similar, that she's able to combine fictional elements in her memoir (the "fictional" part being her communication with star beings, which her publisher might consider fictional but ...). Perhaps it's true that Native American writing can transcend genre because of its strong spiritual elements...Kristin Barendsenhttp://www.kristinbarendsen.comnoreply@blogger.com