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Michelle Porter

3 Series • 4 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: A Grandmother Begins the Story (2023)
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Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Start with: Approaching Fire (2020)
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Publication Order of Collections
Start with: Inquiries (2019)

ⓘ About Michelle Porter

Her creative and academic work usually focuses on memory, home, and women’s changing relationships with the land. Aside from her memoirs, Michelle Porter published “Approaching Fire,” a creative nonfiction work inspired by the life and times of her fiddler grandfather from the Red River. It was this novel that would make the shortlist of the 2012 Indigenous Voices Award. She made the shortlist for the Pat Lowther Memorial Award for “Inquiries,” a book of poetry. Over the years, she has won many awards for her journalism and poetry and her work has been published in literary magazines and journals all over the United States. As she grew up, she learned stories about the music that her great-grandfather brought to the family and how her grandmother was born into a musical family.

All Book Series by Michelle Porter

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A Grandmother Begins the Story

Single-title series · published 2023

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2023
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Approaching Fire

Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2020

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2020
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Scratching River

Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2022

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2022
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Inquiries

Single-title series · published 2019

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2019

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Michelle Porter?

Her creative and academic work usually focuses on memory, home, and women's changing relationships with the land. Aside from her memoirs, Michelle Porter published “Approaching Fire,” a creative nonfiction work inspired by the life and times of her fiddler grandfather from the Red River. It was this novel that would make the shortlist of the 2012 Indigenous Voices Award.

Which Michelle Porter series should I start with?

Michelle Porter's books stand alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is A Grandmother Begins the Story (2023).

How many books has Michelle Porter written?

Michelle Porter has 4 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2019 and 2023. They are filed under 3 categories rather than in numbered series — chiefly Non-Fiction, Standalone Novels and Collections.

In what order should Michelle Porter's series be read?

No reading order is needed: none of the 4 books catalogued here do not form a numbered series, so any title can be picked up first. Within each category they are listed by publication year.

How are Michelle Porter's books organised into series?

This guide splits Michelle Porter's 4 books into categories rather than numbered series: Non-Fiction (2 books); Standalone Novels (1 book); Collections (1 book).