| Maurice Kenny: Celebrations of a Mohawk Writer Contributor(s): Kelsey, Penelope Myrtle (Editor), Bruchac, Joseph (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1438438028 ISBN-13: 9781438438023 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $32.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General - Literary Criticism | Native American |
| Dewey: 818.54 |
| LCCN: 2011003236 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.55 lbs) 182 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Winner of the 2012 Best Critical Book Award presented by Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers Association This collection explores the broad range of works by Mohawk writer Maurice Kenny (1929-), a pivotal figure in American Indian literature from the 1950s to the present. Born in Cape Vincent, New York and the author of dozens of books of poetry, fiction, and essays, Kenny portrays the unique experience of Native New York and tells its history with poetic figures who live and breathe in the present. Perhaps his best known work is Tekonwatonti/Molly Brant: Poems of War. Kenny's works have received various accolades and awards. He was recognized by the Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers with the Elder Achievement Award, and two of his collections of poems, Blackrobe and Between Two Rivers, were nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Kenny has also been honored with the American Book Award for The Mama Poems. His works have been recognized by National Public Radio, and have drawn the attention of famous figures such as Allen Ginsberg, Jerome Rothenberg, and Carolyn Forché. Maurice Kenny: Celebrations of a Mohawk Writer serves as a comprehensive introduction to Kenny's body of work for readers who may be unfamiliar with his writing. Written by prominent scholars in American Indian literature, the book is divided into two parts: the first is devoted to musings on Kenny's influence, and the second to traditional critical essays using historical, nationalist, Two Spirit, creative, memoir, and tribal-theoretical approaches. |