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Winter in the blood6/23/2023 ![]() The Death of Jim Loney (Harper, 1979) is about an alienated, alcoholic half-breed of both white and Indian parentage.įools Crow ( Viking, 1986), Welch's acclaimed third novel, about a band of Blackfoot Indians in Montana Territory in the 1870s, follows the protagonist's change from a quiet, reckless young warrior into the tribe's medicine man. Winter in the Blood (Harper, 1974) is the story of an unnamed narrator who, like Welch, is part Blackfoot and Part Gros Ventre Indian. Welch's novels, in one way or another, venture into Native American tribal culture and probe the lives of Native Americans. ![]() You realize he is not looking at a thing, but seeing into it-which is vision." Welch's literary career began with a book of poems, Riding the Earthboy 40: Poems (World Publishing, 1971), which elicited Saturday Review praise: "is voice is clear, laconic, and it projects a depth in experience of landscape, people, and history that conveys a rich complexity. His honors include a National Endowment for the Arts grant in 1969, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Book Award, both for Fools Crow. ![]() He has served on Montana State Board of Pardons and also on the literature panel of the National Endowment for the Arts. James Welch has been a Visiting Professor at University of Washington and Cornell University. ![]() His wife, Lois, is a professor of English at the University of Montana, Missoula. James Welch was born in 1940 in Browning, Montana. ![]()
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