Format:
Book
Title:
Song of the turtle : American Indian literature, 1974-1994 / edited and with an introduction by Paula Gunn Allen.
Call Number:
813.08 S698
Edition:
1st ed.
Publisher, Date:
New York : Ballantine Books, c1996.
Description:
ix, 353 p. ; 24 cm.
Summary:
"In this stunning collection of American Indian literature, scholar and literary critic Paula Gunn Allen gathers together the best Native writing - indeed, some of the best American writing - from the last two decades. Song of the Turtle creates an eloquent cycle of story and self-exploration from the works of both major writers and emerging talents, and represents a unique survey of contemporary Native American work."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects:
American fiction -- Indian authors.
Indians of North America -- Fiction.
Other Author:
Allen, Paula Gunn.
Contents:
Zuma Chowt's Cave / Opal Lee Popkes -- Tony's Story / Leslie Marmon Silko -- Yellow Calf / James Welch -- Wili Woyi / Robert J. Conley -- The Snakeman / Luci Tapahonso -- Eagles / Dean Ing -- Flute Song / Patricia Clark Smith -- Pilgrims / Roxy Gordon -- Tender Street / Mary Randle TallMountain -- Aniwaya, Anikawa, and the Killer Teen-Agers / Ralph Salisbury -- Amen / Linda Hogan -- Soul-Catcher / Louis Owens -- Coyote Learns a New Trick / Beth Brant -- Charlie / Paula Gunn Allen -- Tsoai / N. Scott Momaday -- The Orchard / Diane Glancy -- Compatriots / Emma Lee Warrior -- A Seat in the Garden / Thomas King -- Bicenti / Anna Lee Walters -- Jules Bart, Giving Too Much - August 1946 / Debra Earling -- indigenous irony / Esther Belin -- Humiliation of the Boy / Michelle T. Clinton -- Lipsha's Luck / Louise Erdrich -- Bears / Joseph Bruchac -- The Russian Duck / Martin Cruz Smith -- Groom Service / Michael Dorris -- Somebody Kept Saying Powwow / Sherman Alexie -- Neon Powwow / Dan L. Crank -- The Woman Who Fell from the Sky / Joy Harjo -- Christianity Comes to the Sioux / Susan Power -- Beat the Drum Slowly ... don't ... stop ... too ... fast / Betty Louise Bell -- Mary / Karen Wallace -- Siobhan La Rue in Color / D. Renville.
ISBN:
0345375254