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W. P. Kinnsella Research Paper
Selena Martinez
Mrs. Lesosky
English II Pre-Ap-2 17 April 2013
W. P. Kinsella
W.P. Kinsella was a very prolific author for twelve years until he suffered a traumatic head injury that had a devastating impact on his creativity output. Kinsella received a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Victoria and a Master of Fine Arts at the University of Iowa. He has also taught in the English department at the University of Calgary for five years.
In Kinsella’s works he focuses on two disparate fictional universes. The first one focuses on the lives of the Native Americans. Critics who have read his stories dub them “stereotype-based humor” objecting to Kinsella’s portrayal of the Native American voice. Kinsella replies, “It’s the oppressed

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