Poetry. Native American Studies. This anthology of poetry includes fifty-two poets from more than thirty-five different Native American nations. Some of the poets include Elizabeth Woody, Joy Harjo, Adrian C. Louis, Barney Bush, Jim Barnes, and Peter Blue Cloud. Each poet is introduced with a biographical paragraph followed by a selection of their poetry. The publication Booklist says this book is "recommended for large high school libraries as a generous collection of poems by present-day American Indian writers." Library Journal found it "essential for subject collection in academic and larger public libraries."

Songs from This Earth on Turtle's Back: Contemporary American Indian Poetry

Literature & Fiction

Poetry

The Greenfield Review Press

Poetry. The Nuer are a cattle herding people who live along the Nile. Although only a half million in population, they were made world famous by anthropologist E. Evans Pritchard's classic "The Nuer." Song is the art form most suited to their harsh climate and semi-nomadic existence. CLEANED THE CROCODILE'S TEETH was translated by Terese Svoboda, who collected and transcribed them in the Sudan with the aid of a PEN/Columbia Fellowship. The National Endowment for the Humanities provided support for the completion of the project. However, CLEANED THE CROCODILE'S TEETH is more than just the translation of these songs. Its linking narrative, which chronicles Svoboda's experiences and places the songs in their proper contexts, takes us along on the translator's sometimes difficult journey and gives us an even deeper glimpse into the often hard, but never hopeless lives of the Nuer. Svoboda is also the author of ALL ABERRATION, a book of poetry published by the University of Georgia Press.

Cleaned the Crocodile's Teeth: Nuer Song

Terese Svoboda

Poetry. Native American Studies. Contributing poets are David Back, Salli Benedict, Peter Blue Cloud/Aroniawenrate, Francis Boots/Ateronhiatakon, Duwayne Leslie Bowen, Beth Brant, Pam Colorado, Katsi Cook, Melanie M. Ellis, Ray Fadden/Tehanetorens, Stephen Fadden, Germaine General-Myke, Richard Hill, Tom Huff, Alex Jacobs/Karoniaktatie, Maurice Kenny, Bruce King, Willian T. Laughing/Atonwa, Oren Lyons, David McDonald, John Mohawk, Audrey Shenandoah, Carol Snow, Debra E. Stalk, Amber Coverdale Sumrall, Tahnahga, Daniel Thompson/Rokwaho, Gail Tremblay, Roberta Hill Whiteman, and Ted C. Williams.

New Voices from the Longhouse: An Anthology of Contemporary Iroquois Writing

History & Criticism

Poetry. Kofi Awoonor is one of Ghana's leading literary figures, and this book collects all three of his published books of poetry into one collection, adding some new poems. Interest in Awoonor has grown recently as he has begun appearing at literary festivals. He is active in the Ghanaian government, serving as Ghana's Ambassador to Brazil and to the United Nations. UNTIL THE MORNING AFTER includes Awoonor's "The House By The Sea" which details his years as a political prisoner.

Until the Morning After Collected Poems 1963-1985

Awoonor, Kofi

Poetry. Fiction. Native American Studies. This anthology of native Alaskan writers helps map the rich and unique identity of the native Alaskan people. Included in the book are bios of the selected writers and bibliographies of their books. The authors include Diane E. Benson, Fred Bigjim, Robert H. Davis, Mary Lockwood, Yvone Mozee, Glen Simson, and Mary TallMountain. From different perspectives, each captures the environment of Alaska, their own relationship to that land, and the social particulars of an underappreciated community.

Raven Tells Stories: An Anthology of Alaskan Native Writing

United States

Poetry. Fiction. Linda Hogan is a Chickasaw poet, novelist and essayist. She is the author of several books of poetry and a collection of short fiction. Her novel MEAN SPIRIT, published by Atheneum, received the Oklahoma Book Award for fiction in 1990 and the Mountain &amp; Plains Bookseller's Association Fiction Award.

Red Clay: Poems & Stories

Hogan, Linda

Folktales. Mythology. With illustrations by Chester Scott. In LIFE WITH THE LITTLE PEOPLE, Robert Johnson Perry weaves history, traditional information, family stories and his own fiction to create a facinating look into the magical world of the Little People...Follow him into this world. You will be enthralled. (--Gayle Ross) After a career as a chemical engineer, Perry, a Chickasaw Indian, was able to devote his time and energy to writing, dedicating himself to recording many of the stories passed on to him by Native American elders from various tribes. These stories are both fantastical and entirely possible. It's not so much that 'little people' exist, writes Perry in his introduction, or even that herbs were used, it's that simple faith is enough for healing to occur. The book is a magical reading experience for any reader, or, as we Muskogeans say--'Felep ah gez oschee!'--they'll have a really good time. (--Will Hill, Kabitcha Feke Seko)

LIFE WITH THE LITTLE PEOPLE (Frank Waters Memorial Publication Series , No 3)

Perry, Robert Johnson

Mythology & Folk Tales

Poetry. Native American Studies. Winner of the North American Native Authors First Book Award. Deborah Miranda's INDIAN CARTOGRAPHY provides a psychic and emotional remapping of the Native American world of the West Coast. In lyric verse that is sometimes spare, sometimes dramatic, Miranda charts a homeward journey through the heart's territory --a land that has long been torn, disrupted, and colonized in the harshest sense of that word --Janice Gould. The first poem grabbed my wrist and held me for the duration. The prose is equally alive and its images have the precision and the edge of the finest poetry. Seamless back and forth journey from one little girl to another, one woman to another, one memory to another. All distinct yet connected. One long scream from a heart who will not stop living, whose life is an affirmation of survival --Wendy Rose. Miranda's poetry and essays have appeared in Bricolage, Calyx, Calloo, The Cimarron Review, Raven Chronicles, and Soujourner.

Indian Cartography

Miranda, Deborah A.

Songs from This Earth on Turtle's Back

JOSEPH BRUCHAC

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