The WRITER'S STUDIO with Philip J. Deloria

Abstract

Langston Hughes learned the art of storytelling from his grandmother. Joseph Heller got his best ideas riding the bus. Flannery O’Connor surrounded herself with pet pheasants, ducks, and peacocks. Historians, too, have special ways of working that are worth sharing. In May 2021, Thomas G. Andrews and Brooke L. Blower asked the scholar of Indigenous history, art, and culture Philip J. Deloria to answer questions about finding inspiration, organizing thoughts, and the pull of family pasts.