Harlem, Montana: Just Off the Reservation (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: James Welch
- First Published: 1971
- Type of Work: Narrative
- Genres: Poetry, Narrative poetry
The Poem
James Welch’s “Harlem, Montana: Just Off the Reservation” is a four-stanza narrative prose poem in which the narrator reflects on the hopeless lifestyle of many of the inhabitants of the small town of Harlem, a community in northern Montana that borders the American Indian reservation of Fort Belknap. Welch, whose heritage is Blackfeet/Gros Ventre, uses a nameless narrator to examine the struggles of living in a reservation town. The poet also takes an introspective look at his own identity and reflects on how it has been shaped by the town of Harlem.
The...
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