by Rich Wandschneider | Mar 17, 2021 | Colville Reservation, Indian reservations, The Dying Grass
In my understanding of how things work in Indian country, names of elders who have recently passed are often not said aloud for some time–or only carefully. But I think in this case it is important to use a name, because Mary Schlick was known to many in...
by Rich Wandschneider | Jan 4, 2016 | Alvin Josephy, Louis Urrea, Metis, Peter Bowen, The Dying Grass, us census race, Warmth of other suns, William T. Vollman
2016 will not be the year that the population of the United States of America tilts from white—the year when adding up all the browns and blacks and anyone the U.S. Census counts as not-white becomes a bigger number than the number of those who check a box or are in...
by Rich Wandschneider | Aug 24, 2015 | Alvin Josephy, Chief Joseph, Eliza Spalding, Marcus Whitman, Nez Perce, Nez Perce War, The Dying Grass, Wallowas
William Vollman’s new novel, The Dying Grass: A Novel of the Nez Perce War, is getting rave reviews. I have it, have glanced at the first few pages and looked at the extended notes and acknowledgements—and hoisted the 1350 page and what must be five-pound...
