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Gerald Vizenor: Writing in the Oral Tradition

Gerald Vizenor: Writing in the Oral Tradition

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Based upon scholarship, close reading, and interviews with Vizenor himself, and written by a Native scholar of Vizenor's own tribe, this book explicates Vizenor's ideas, methods, and forms, making even his most sophisticated arguments ...
Shadow Distance: A Gerald Vizenor Reader

Shadow Distance: A Gerald Vizenor Reader

Gerald A. Vizenor

This compelling collection includes not only selections from Vizenor's innovative fiction, but also poetry, autobiography, essays, journalism, and the previously unpublished screenplay "Harold of Orange," winner of the Film-in-the-Cities ...
Favor of Crows: New and Collected Haiku

Favor of Crows: New and Collected Haiku

Gerald Vizenor

Gerald Vizenor has earned a wide and devoted audience for his poetry. In the introductory essay the author compares the imagistic poise of haiku with the early dream songs of the Anishinaabe, or Chippewa.
Understanding Gerald Vizenor

Understanding Gerald Vizenor

Deborah L. Madsen

Winner of the 1988 American Book Award for his novel Griever: An American Monkey King in China, Gerald Vizenor is a radical, even revolutionary, voice among of contemporary Native American writers.
Postindian Conversations

Postindian Conversations

Gerald Vizenor

Postindian Conversations is the first collection of in-depth interviews with Gerald Vizenor, one of the most powerful and provocative voices in the Native world today.
Fugitive Poses: Native American Indian Scenes of Absence and ...

Fugitive Poses: Native American Indian Scenes of Absence and ...

Gerald Robert Vizenor

In Fugitive Poses Gerald Vizenor argues that such representations celebrate the absence rather than the presence of the Native.
Native Liberty: Natural Reason and Cultural Survivance

Native Liberty: Natural Reason and Cultural Survivance

Gerald Vizenor

Vizenor reveals in Native Liberty the political, poetic, visionary, and ironic insights of personal identity and narratives of cultural sovereignty.
Loosening the Seams: Interpretations of Gerald Vizenor

Loosening the Seams: Interpretations of Gerald Vizenor

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This work discusses his childhood in the Minneapolis of the Depression and World War II to his becoming a professor of Native American Studies at the University of Berkeley.
Multicultural American Literature: Comparative Black, ...

Multicultural American Literature: Comparative Black, ...

A. Robert Lee

Using a cultural studies perspective, examines both fiction and autobiographical writings from minority authors including Toni Morrison, Gerald Vizenor, and Sandra Cisneros.
The Poetry and Poetics of Gerald Vizenor

The Poetry and Poetics of Gerald Vizenor

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The first book devoted exclusively to the poetry and literary aesthetics of one of Native America’s most accomplished writers, this collection of essays brings together detailed critical analyses of single texts and individual poetry ...
Night Flying Woman: An Ojibway Narrative

Night Flying Woman: An Ojibway Narrative

Ignatia Broker

... writing their history The Everlasting Sky: Voices of the Anishinabe People Gerald Vizenor Living Our Language: Ojibwe Tales and Oral Histories Anton Treuer, editor While the Locust Slept: A Memoir Peter Razor The Manitous: The Spiritual ...
Shrouds of White Earth: Shrouds of White Earth

Shrouds of White Earth: Shrouds of White Earth

Gerald Vizenor

--Pointed, absorbing novel about an indigenous artist’s long journey of creativity and coming-of-awareness from White Earth Reservation to Paris
Imagining Sovereignty: Self-Determination in American Indian ...

Imagining Sovereignty: Self-Determination in American Indian ...

David J. Carlson

Vizenor, Gerald, and Jace Weaver. Bear Island: The War at Sugar Point. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2006. Walther, Ingo F., Rainer Metzger, and Marc Chagall. Marc Chagall 1887–1985; Painting As Poetry. Cologne, Germany: ...
Displaying Indians: Museum Representations of Native ...

Displaying Indians: Museum Representations of Native ...

Amy Joy Lonetree

Rhacel Parrenas, Ebba Segerberg, Rowena Robles, Dee Bielenberg, Annette Reed-Crum, Robin Delugan, Luis de la Garza, Iyko Day, Darren Ranco, Gerald Vizenor, Nimachia Hernandez, Beatriz Tapia, Alex Gradilla, and Dian Million. Betty ...
Touch and Go: Easyread Comfort Edition

Touch and Go: Easyread Comfort Edition

D. H. Lawrence

ANABEL (after a pause): Answer them, Gerald. What's the use of prolonging this? GERALD: I've nothing to answer. VOICES: Nothing to answer – Gerald, darling – Gerald, duckie – oh, lovey-dovey – I've nothing to answer – no, by God – no, ...
Descendants of Jacob Dyck and Elisabeth Jaeger: Kronsthal, ...

Descendants of Jacob Dyck and Elisabeth Jaeger: Kronsthal, ...

Joyce Stevenson Elias

V Darleen [Marshall] and 1. Gerald Morgan and 2. William Haynes Darleen met, and married Gerald D. Morgan, in Victoria, BC. Gerald, born June 30, 1934, was in the Navy. They were married in Victoria on Dec. 17, 1955. Gerald died in Sum-  ...
Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

Daniele Della Rocca

... DEATH AT APPLEDORE TOWERS di Gerald Lientz, THE CROWN VERSUS DOCTOR WATSON di Gerald Lientz, THE DYNAMITERS di Milt Creighton, THE HONOUR OF THE YORKSHIRE LIGHT ARTILLERY di Gerald Lientz, THE ROYAL ...
The Convergence of Theology: A Festschrift Honoring Gerald ...

The Convergence of Theology: A Festschrift Honoring Gerald ...

Gerald O'Collins

This work contains twenty-one essays written in honor of Gerald O'Collins, SJ, and includes contributions in the areas of New Testament studies, Catholic theology, spirituality and fundamental theology and resurrection and christology.
Understanding and Treating Depressed Adolescents and Their ...

Understanding and Treating Depressed Adolescents and Their ...

Gerald D. Oster

Gerald D. Oster, Janice E. Caro. This book is ... Library of Congress Cataloglng-ln -Publicatlon Data: Oster, Gerald D. Understanding and treating depressed adolescents and their families / Gerald D. Oster, Janice E. Caro. p. cm. — (Wiley ...
The Church Has AIDS: Essays on Sexuality, Sexual ...

The Church Has AIDS: Essays on Sexuality, Sexual ...

Gerald M. Palmer

... leading the way," Gerald Palmer Minister Gerald Palmer is an Associate Minister for Calvary Temple Baptist Church in Kansas City, Missouri, under the leadership of his mentor and Pastor, Rev. Eric D. Williams. Palmer holds both a Bachelor ...
Gerald's Journal: The Life of an Everyday Hero

Gerald's Journal: The Life of an Everyday Hero

David McElhinny

Gerald's thoughts on bullying, inclusion, and friendship make this book a must-read not just for special needs families, but for every person, everywhere.
Culture, Inculturation, and Theologians: A Postmodern Critique

Culture, Inculturation, and Theologians: A Postmodern Critique

Gerald A. Arbuckle

To that end, cultural anthropologist Father Gerald Arbuckle gives us this important volume.
Gerald Ratner: The Rise and Fall...and Rise Again

Gerald Ratner: The Rise and Fall...and Rise Again

Gerald Ratner

This is the fi rst time Gerald Ratner has given his side of the story. And what a story it is.
Gerald Goldberg: A Tribute

Gerald Goldberg: A Tribute

Dermot Keogh

Recollections from a variety of writers, historians, artists and politicians on the life of the ex-Lord Mayor of Cork, polymath and lawyer Gerald Goldberg.
From Chaos To Mission

From Chaos To Mission

Gerald A. Arbuckle

Gerald A. Arbuckle. It is my experience that formation staffs, when consistently placed in impossible situations like the one described above, either resign from this apostolate, psychologically suffer burn-out, or leave the congregation.
Following the Way: Jesus, Our Spiritual Director

Following the Way: Jesus, Our Spiritual Director

Gerald O''Collins

World-renowned theologian Gerald O''Collins here shares his first book of popular spirituality, a beautifully written examination of the parables for living them in one''s own life.
The Line of Beauty: Picador Classic

The Line of Beauty: Picador Classic

Alan Hollinghurst

Around her her courtiers started like pheasants. 'Actually what amazes me,' Nick said, 'is the fantastic queenery of the men. The heterosexual queenery.' 'I sort of expect that,' said Catherine. 'You know, having Gerald . . .' 'Darling, Gerald's like ...
Condor dreams & other fictions

Condor dreams & other fictions

Gerald W Haslam

In this collection of twenty-five short stories, Gerald Haslam explores the rural areas and small towns of his native region - California's Great Central Valley.
Wellington's Engineers: Military Engineering on the ...

Wellington's Engineers: Military Engineering on the ...

Dr. Mark S. Thomson

I would also like to thank serving and retired members of the Corps for their assistance and encouragement, particularly Gerald Napier, Séan Scullion and Martin Stoneham. I first met Gerald Napier when we co-presented a session on the ...
Unravelling

Unravelling

Lindsay Stanberry-Flynn

'Don't let the success go to your head, Gerald, darling!' Gerald put his arm round Vanessa's shoulder and gestured vaguely in the direction of the table. 'Let me introduce you ... that's Freddie, my agent, Felicity, who co-owns the gallery, James ...

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