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I too, thought of writing in the Native American mode. What a great idea, to cast oneself in another mold, to see if one can see as others see. FYI, I came up as Angela Davis -- what a shock!

You also mention LeGuin "no longer writing like a man," and Anne briefly mentioned a text, I believe, on menopause. I was amazed, during menarche, to have the sudden revelation that now I felt "like a man." I think what I meant was that I felt free, far more so than ever in my life, although I had never consciously thought of myself as other than free. But this was an epiphany, from nowhere (it came during a T'ai Chi class) -- it was a physical as well as intellectual revelation, if that makes sense!