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Essay Topic 1

An epigraph is generally expected to speak to or set the tone for the work it precedes. Does the epigraph of When My Brother Was an Aztec do so for its collection? How or how not?

Essay Topic 2

The title poem of the collection serves as something of a preface to the work. What effect does the preface have on the remaining reading? How is that effect achieved?

Essay Topic 3

What significance inheres in the nonstandard spellings in the title “Abecedarian Requiring Further Examination of Anglikan Seraphym Subjugation of a Wild Indian Rezervation,” and how do you know?

Essay Topic 4

What attitude toward shame does the collection note? What in the text indicates that attitude? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 5

Consider the names of several characters (e.g., Guy No-Horse, Mary Busted-Chest, Eve Side-Stealer) in the collection as kennings. Given such a function, what...

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