Sovereign Bones: New Native American Writing (New Native American Writing, #2) by Eric Gansworth


Sovereign Bones: New Native American Writing (New Native American Writing, #2)
Title : Sovereign Bones: New Native American Writing (New Native American Writing, #2)
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ISBN : 1568583575
ISBN-10 : 9781568583570
Language : English
Format Type : Paperback
Number of Pages : 331
Publication : First published October 22, 2007

Sovereign Bones is an exploration of indigenous peoples and how they have managed to maintain separate identities, in spite of their assimilation into the broader American culture. Edited by Eric Gansworth, this collection of original writing focuses on the key role that writers and visual artists have played in the struggle of native peoples to retain their individual identities. In personal essays, memoir, and historical reflections, each writer explores the ways in which they arrived at their work and how they have retained a traditional way of life in that work. Taken as a whole,

Sovereign Bones: New Native American Writing (New Native American Writing, #2) Reviews

  • Heid

    What a lot of smarty pants NDNs out there! Poet and novelist Eric Gansworth has complied some of the sharpest writers in Indian Country in this collection of non-fiction prose. The many voices, styles and subjects here have one thing in common: all are written by indigenous people whose thoughts remain free, who remain sovereign to the bone.

    GREAT READ!

  • Spencer Ellsworth

    This is a wonderful collection with so much heart and humanity, and a good companion to the previous volume, the name of which escapes me at the moment. I've taught English, Communications and Creative Writing at a tribal college for nine years and continually used pieces from this work. Students, even those who aren't big readers, love it.

  • Linda Brunner

    I was particularly fond of Joy Harjo and Sherman Alexie's contributions. Many articulate and smart voices here.

  • Lasara Allen

    This is an amazing collection of writing. I have laughed and cried. Mostly cried. And I've learned so much.

    Well written, hard hitting, important work.