Some Native American writers enjoy being called Native American writers.
Interpretation
The quote highlights the pride some Native American writers take in their identity and heritage.
Toni Morrison's quote reflects the importance of cultural identity and recognition among Native American writers. It suggests that embracing the label of 'Native American writer' is not only a source of pride but also an acknowledgment of their unique perspectives and experiences that contribute to the broader literary landscape.
In practice
In a discussion about cultural representation in literature, this quote can remind us of the importance of identity.
There is a certain kind of peace that is not merely the absence of war. It is larger than that. The peace I am thinking of is not at the mercy of history's rule, nor is it a passive surrender to the status quo. The peace I am thinking of is the dance of an open mind when it engages another equally open one -- an activity that occurs most naturally, most often in the reading/writing world we live in. Accessible as it is, this particular kind of peace warrants vigilance.
You looking good." "Devil's confusion. He lets me look good long as I feel bad.
What do you say? There really are no words for that. There really aren't. Somebody tries to say, 'I'm sorry, I'm so sorry.' People say that to me. There's no language for it. Sorry doesn't do it. I think you should just hug people and mop their floor or something.
An innocent man is a sin before God. Inhuman and therefore untrustworthy. No man should live without absorbing the sins of his kind, the foul air of his innocence, even if it did wilt rows of angel trumpets and cause them to fall from their vines.
Like friendship, hatred needed more than physical intimacy; it wanted creativity and hard work to sustain itself
One of my kids was born in 1968. There were going to be political difficulties, but they were never going to have that level of hatred and contempt that my brothers and my sister and myself were exposed to.
One was a book thief. The other stole the sky.
I love it when novels contain a broad cast of characters, including queer ones.
As soon as histories are properly told there is no more need of romances.
If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the reader!
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Last Exit to Brooklyn should explode like a rusty hellish bombshell over America and still be eagerly read in a hundred years.
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