In a 2012 piece for n+1, senior editor Elizabeth Gumport wrote "What united the Native Agents authors was the way their work combined elements of theory, fiction, and biography, explicitly refusing to identify absolutely with any single genre."
Elizabeth Gumport's statement in her 2012 n+1 article highlights that the Native Agents authors were united by their innovative approach to writing, which combined elements of theory, fiction, and biography without being confined to a singular genre.