“If printed sources are not allowed, then all the old ballads collected in broadsides or chap-books must go.” Showing how strict theories can exclude traditions they are intended to explain · Review, Who Writes Folk-songs? Memory Poetry
“Our roots are double.” Condensing her argument for both inherited and native cultural traditions · Essay, The Folk Poetry of These States Memory Poetry
“The poet who fails to perceive this is losing half his heritage.” Warning poets against neglecting the traditions surrounding them · Essay, The Folk Poetry of These States Memory Poetry
“The soil has to be turned over; we have to examine our roots to know what they are.” Using cultivation as a metaphor for understanding cultural inheritance · Essay, The Folk Poetry of These States Memory Poetry
“Folk poetry in the United States has followed the trail of the pioneer.” Linking the development of American folk verse with migration and settlement · Essay, The Folk Poetry of These States Memory Poetry
