In Search of Self

[Once-a-librarian]

I felt that the narrator, Corliss, was searching for herself and that her quest led her to the Spokane Indian poet, Harlan Atwater. She asks, "How can you live a special life without constantly interrogating it? How can you live a good life without good poetry?' Like a young Indian on a vision quest, hoping to discover"Who am I? Who am I supposed to be?" by finding out who someone else might be. Without the ancient ceremonies, she made up her own. It was about her Odyssey, her own personal epic that would continue long after her meeting with Harlan Atwater.