| Reinventing the Enemy's Language: Contemporary Native Women's Writings of North America Contributor(s): Bird, Gloria (Editor), Harjo, Joy (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0393318281 ISBN-13: 9780393318289 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $30.88 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 1998 Annotation: Celebrating the experience of Native American women, this comprehensive anthology includes poetry, action, prayer and memoir from Native American women. Over 80 writers from nearly 50 nations contribute to this landmark volume. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Native American - Fiction | Anthologies (multiple Authors) |
| Dewey: 810.809 |
| LCCN: 96036547 |
| Physical Information: 1.09" H x 5.52" W x 9.34" (1.62 lbs) 578 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This long-awaited anthology celebrates the experience of Native American women and is at once an important contribution to our literature and an historical document. It is the most comprehensive anthology of its kind to collect poetry, fiction, prayer, and memoir from Native American women. Over eighty writers are represented from nearly fifty nations, including such nationally known writers as Louise Erdrich, Linda Hogan, Leslie Marmon Silko, Lee Maracle, Janet Campbell Hale, and Luci Tapahonso; others -- Wilma Mankiller, Winona LaDuke, and Bea Medicine -- who are known primarily for their contributions to tribal communities; and some who are published here for the first time in this landmark volume. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bird, Gloria: - Gloria Bird lives in Nespelem, Washington.Harjo, Joy: - Joy Harjo is an internationally renowned performer and writer of the Muscogee Creek Nation and was named United States Poet Laureate in 2019. The author of eight books of poetry and a memoir, Crazy Brave, her many honors include the Jackson Poetry Prize, the Ruth Lilly Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Josephine Miles Poetry Award, the William Carlos Williams Award, and the American Indian Distinguished Achievement in the Arts Award. She lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where she is a Tulsa Artist Fellow. |