Great Regulars: And I was immeshed with a lifelong

binge alcoholic. I was immeshed with the emotionally unpredictable. I grew up in that space between my father's enormous potential and everything he did not accomplish. And I think that's what my poems and stories are all about, in some way, even when I'm writing about anything else.

from PBS: Newshour: Poet Sherman Alexie Talks 'Faces' and 'War Dances'

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By Jim Harrison

From "The Golden Window"

I hope to define my life, whatever is left,

from PBS: Newshour: Weekly Poem: 'The Golden Window'

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