"What is the point of presenting the human condition in a language separate from the human experience: passion, emotion and character...We all strive to be orators"
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Oratory: Coming to Theory (1990) p11
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Lee Maracle
Bobbi Lee Maracle (born Marguerite Aline Carter; July 2, 1950 – November 11, 2021) was a writer and academic who was a member of Stó꞉lō nation.
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