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INDIAN BOARDING SCHOOL: THE RUNAWAYS by LOUISE ERDRICH

First Line: HOME'S THE PLACE WE HEAD FOR IN OUR SLEEP
Last Line: FACE BEFORE IT HARDENED, PALE, REMEMBERING %DELICATE OLD INJURIES, THE SPINES OF NAMES AND LEAVES
Subject(s): EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUPS - UNITED STATES; MINORITIES - UNITED STATES; NATIVE AMERICANS - EDUCATION; SCHOOLS; U.S. - RACE RELATIONS;

Poem Sources:

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  NIATUM, DUANE (ED.)
  (1988)
 
MODERN POEMS. EDITED BY RICHARD ELLMANN AND ROBERT O'CLAIR.
  ELLMANN, RICHARD (ED.)
  (1989)
 
THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF MODERN POETRY. 2ND ED.
  ELLMANN, RICHARD, & O'CLAIR, ROBERT (EDS.)
  (1988)
 
DISCOVERING POETRY.
  GUTH, HANS PAUL & RICO, GABRIELLE L.
  (1993)
 
THE MCGRAW-HILL BOOK OF POETRY.
  DIYANNI, ROBERT & ROMPF, KRAFT (EDS.)
  (1993)
 
UNSETTLING AMERICA; AN ANTHOLOGY OF CONTEMPORARY MULTICULTURAL POETRY.
  GILLAN, MARIA MAZZIOTTI & GILLAN, JENNIFER (EDS.)
  (1994)
 
LEARNING BY HEART; CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY ABOUT SCHOOL. EDITED BY MAGGIE ANDERSON & DAVID HASSLER.
  ANDERSON, MAGGIE (ED.)
  (1999)
 
ANTHOLOGY OF MODERN AMERICAN POETRY.
  NELSON, CARY (ED.)
  (2000)
 
JACKLIGHT.
  ERDRICH, LOUISE
  (1984)
 



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