Gone Off The Reserve

Gone Off The Reserve

“The midlist author is dead.”

http://news.nationalpost.com/arts/books/the-essential-wp-kinsella

If you only knew Kinsella's work from the movie, Field of Dreams, you've been missing out. He's been writing steadily, and it is worth the read. From all reports, he was a combative curmudgeon, but he did good work, and his stories of the First Nation peoples are full of grace and humor.

“The Muppet Show is the most detested show on TV,” he say, “and the character everybody loathe most is Kermit the Frog. In local frog lore the frog is feared and hated. Frogs are supposed to suck blood and be able to make pacts with devil spirits.”
“It really is no fun being green,” says Frank.
“I bet the people who make The Muppet Show would sure be surprised at a reaction like that,” I say.
“Up here they call the TV set koosapachigan, it’s the word for the ‘shaking tent’ where medicine men conjure up spirits, living and dead. A lot of people fear the spirits of the TV are stealing their minds,” says Myron.
“Just like on the prairies,” says Frank.

- - From The Indian Nation Cultural Exchange Program.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/sep/17/field-of-dreams-author-ends-his-life-under-assisted-dying-legislation

Comments

  1. Lia SchollSeptember 19, 2016 at 4:22 AM

    “He was a dedicated story-teller, performer, curmudgeon, an irascible and difficult man,” I see why you like him.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Drew McCarthySeptember 19, 2016 at 4:27 AM

    Well, I'm not a midlist author. Or dead. Yet.

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