Raised On A Reservation, Can A White Man Write Native Poetry?

Kevin Goodan with all his brothers and step-father this summer.

Kevin Goodan (second from right) with all his brothers and step-father this summer.

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Do you have to be Native American to write Native American fiction? Kevin Goodan grew up among the Salish people. His brothers and stepfather are tribal members. But Kevin is white.

Charles Monroe-Kane talked with him about his new book of poems set on the Flathead Indian Reservation, called "Anaphora."