Folklore. Mythology. With an introduction by Gary Snyder and a foreward by the editor. John Smelcer, himself of Ahtna descent, here collects 26 tales from his tribe, also known as the Copper River Indians of Alaska. Raven, Loon, Mouse, Owl, Porcupine, Spider Woman, Rabbit, Fox, Wolf and others, these stories can serve as an introduction (and a prelude) to the rich oral traditions of the Ahtna Athabaskans of Alaska's Copper River. (James Kari) Dale Seeds comments that with its maps, photographs, and biographies (of storytellers), it offers a unique insight into the oral narrative through both a sense of place and personalities. It is an important voice...

In the Shadows of Mountains

Literature & Fiction

Smelcer, John E.

Mythology & Folk Tales

Salmon Run Press

Fiction. Based on real life events, this is the story of a young Indian man raised in a rural village surrounded by alcoholism, poverty, and dissolution, and about the contemporary urban social problems which define and affect his life. The NEW YORK STAR TRIBUNE calls this A stunning and powerful first novel, while Allen Ginsberg describes Saghani as Among the most brilliant younger writers in recent American literature. Strong narrative and sharp writing offset equally strong and sharp exploration of the politics and problematics of contemporary life for Native Alaskans.

A Cold Day To Die

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Johnny Saghani

Mystery

Poetry, Prose. Translated from the Polish and with an  introduction by Daniel Bourne, not in bilingual edition. "Here at last  we have a generous selection of Tomasz Jastrun's poems and prose  chronicling the disintegration of Poland, and celebrating the unlikely  survival of the human spirit." (--John Witte) Born in 1950, Jastrun  writes a poetry that is both politically and sensually aware, urgent  both in its content and in its form: short lines that push the reader  forward towards the next line, the next event, the next idea. Naomi  Shihab Nye characterizes these texts as "crucial, empowering work;"  these are poems that respond to unthinkable human atrocities in  thinking, human ways.  "This minefield was laid/Before I was born/On  the edge of some prehistoric ocean/In a war of words against other  words/Struggling in vain to touch God." (from "Uncertain Ground")

On the Crossroads of Asia and Europe

Bourne, Daniel

"At the Turning of the Light" was the winner of the 2001 National Poetry Book Award. Wonderful, accessible poetry.

At the Turning of the Light

Follett, CB

Poetry

<p>Poetry. "John Lehman is a dazzling poet with a shiny wit, glimmering compassion and hard-earned wisdom. He writes like a good bird dog runs: with restless, inquisitive energy, a big heart and-that rare, rare thing in poetry-pure joy. And when this poet stops to point, you can be assured that what he's found is a valuable prize" -Dean Bakopoulos, Wisconsin Academy Review. "John Lehman has written a deeply moving, impressive collection of poetry that is startlingly real, vivid and insightful"--Tracy Walczak, BookLovers.</p>

Dogs Dream of Running

Lehman, John