Yellow Woman | Leslie Marmon Silko and Kim Barnes, in an interview for The Journal of Ethic Studies
In the following interview, Silko discusses her ideas on storytelling, the Laguna oral tradition, and the role of women in tribal culture.
[Barnes]: The first question I want to ask you is, who do you consider to be your audience ? Who are you writing for?
[Silko]: I've never thought too much about an audience per se. When I first started writing, I wasn't sure that anyone would want to read or listen to the work that I did. I didn't think about it at first. In a way, it's good not to think about an audience. If you start thinking about the audience, it can inhibit what you do. When I was younger, there was concern about what will Grandma think, or what will Mama say or something like this, and that in...
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