“Because America has an idea of what it means to be Native, anytime anything I’m writing reflects that I feel like I’m cosplaying Indigenousness. So I wrote that fear into the book.” -Aaron John Curtis, Poets & Writers First Fiction 2025
“That’s a Mohawk woman for you, she’s going to dance with you one moment and deck you the next.” -Aaron John Curtis, Bay Area Book Festival
“In the book version everyone in the family has a copy of the picture of Tóta dancing. In reality, that picture was buried with her.” -Aaron John Curtis, author appearance at Book Soup
“I don’t need my art in the world to change the world, I create art to change myself.” -Aaron John Curtis, the Mayo Clinic’s Read.Talk.Grow. Podcast
“We’re still here.” -Aaron John Curtis, author appearance at The Lynx
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