A Breeze Swept Through: Poetry Contributor(s): Tapahonso, Luci (Author) |
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ISBN: 0931122457 ISBN-13: 9780931122453 Publisher: West End Press OUR PRICE: $8.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 1987 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General |
Dewey: 811.54 |
LCCN: 88196771 |
Physical Information: 0.2" H x 5.51" W x 8.48" (0.18 lbs) 55 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Geographic Orientation - Arizona - Geographic Orientation - New Mexico |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This popular poetry volume expresses Navajo life in its wholeness and sweetness, stressing the colloquial wisdom, humor, and courage of ordinary Navajo people. Some of the text is in Navajo. Joe Bruchac says of the author of this volume, She presents a wide cast of characters, talking, living, arguing, even dying against the background of a place and a time which are uniquely Native American, yet accessible to a wide range of readers. |
Contributor Bio(s): Tapahonso, Luci: - Navajo Lucy Tapahonso is originally from Shiprock, New Mexico. She is currently Professor of English at the University of Arizona in Tucson. |