As I get older, I feel more connected with people despite their backgrounds. Power draws a line between literature and commercial fiction. I learned from the classics. My main influence in deciding to be a writer was Louise Erdrich. Another writer who was an influence was Alice Munro.
Power is excited about the future of Native American literature.
People assume that we are one person. But there are many different visions and so many of our writers are becoming powerful. We're exploding out and we won't be able to be contained in one category. The visions are growing. To me, we are overlooked if we just write about one aspect of the Indian experience.