![[On her and husband Michael Dorris:] We both have title collections. I think a title is like a magnet. It begins to draw these scraps of experience or conversation or memory to it. Eventually, it collects a book.](/assets/img/quote-photos/on-her-and-husband-michael-dorris-we-both-have-title-collections-i-think-a-ti.jpg)
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