My father was always depressed. When he was home and sober, he was mostly in his room.
Non-Indian writers usually say "Great Spirit," "Mother Earth," "Two-Legged, Four-Legged, and Winged." Mixed-blood writers usually say "Creator, "Mother Earth," "Two-Legged, Four- Legged, and Winged." Indian writers usually say "God," "Mother Earth," "Human Being, Dog, and Bird."
I wanted to do a weird book and reestablish my independent, small-press roots.
If it's fiction, then it better be true.
Humor was an antiseptic that cleaned the deepest of personal wounds.
If a parent doesn't want his/her child to read a book then there is always an alternative text to read. But the book banners want to control what every child reads.