Native American Renaissance

[Benny Profane]

Since our dear @Morbid Swither praised Joy Harjo and Leslie Marmom Silko as a great poet (Harjo) and a novelist (Silko), I was curious about these female Native American authors. So, I discovered that them are classified as authors who are into this movement.
He also pointed that Harjo is a finest poet and I was interested in his work at that period.

For a Brazilian person, the Native authors always a place onto my heart because I'm a great defensor of the Law of Native Brazilian People.
The recent genocide of Yanomami people in Brazil put a spark into my heart to discover Native authors.
At nowadays, in my country, finally, Native authors are recognized. And in US, guys?

Wiki about this movement: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_American_Renaissance

 

[MichaelHW]

Since our dear @Morbid Swither praised Joy Harjo and Leslie Marmom Silko as great poet (Harjo) and novelist (Silko), I was curious about these female Native American authors. So, I discovered that them are classified as authors who are into this movement.
He also pointed that Harjo is a finest poet and I was interested in his work at that period.

For a Brazilian person, the Native authors always a place onto my heart because I'm a great defensor of the Law of Native Brazilian People.
The recent genocide of Yanomami people in Brazil put a spark into my heart to discover Native authors.
At nowadays, in my country, finally, Native authors are recognized. And in US, guys?

Wiki about this movement: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_American_Renaissance

When I was a major at uni I remember a story by Silko on the curriculum. It was technically brilliant as i recall, but the plot a little dry. By contrast, I recently heard an audio book of an Australian aboriginal legend. To my great surprise it was full of wonderful humor! In addition to talking animals etc. So, when you see these guys naked on a walkabout with some spear, remember they have a great sense of humor!!!

Edit: here is that funny story on librivox

https://ia601701.us.archive.org/28/items/mythsandlegendsaroundtheworldcollection04_2101_librivox/mlaw04_12_various_128kb.mp3

I wanted to include a native american story in my radio stream, but they do not have many that are public domain. Recently, I discovered that Tony Hillerman, who wrote crime fiction set on a reservation, was inspired by an australian writer who died in 1964, who wrote crime fiction with an aborignal setting:

Arthur Upfield - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[redhead]

I’d recommend checking out N. Scott Momaday. Despite primarily being a poet, I find his poems hit or miss, but House Made of Dawn and The Way to Rainy Mountain are both great

 

[tiganeasca]

Two others writers to consider--though each writes about different issues and rarely written-about areas of the country--are Louise Erdrich and Joy Harjo (though Erdrich writes mostly novels and some poetry and Harjo is primarily a poet).

 

[Page Turner]

James Welch's work is considered part of the Native American renaissance (Blackfeet). I've only read his novel Winter in the Blood, which was published in 1974. It's worth checking out. James Vizenor (Chippewa) is another author whose work fits into this category. He was an academic who also wrote fiction. I've only read a book of his essays.

 

[TrixRabbi]

Susan Deer Cloud is a worthwhile poet to check out. I read Susan Power's The Grass Dancer in college but don't really remember much of it.

 

[Page Turner]

Susan Deer Cloud is a worthwhile poet to check out. I read Susan Power's The Grass Dancer in college but don't really remember much of it.

I've also read The Grass Dancer with little recollection of the plotline. The only thing I think I recall is that the book features different voices telling their overlapping stories.

 

[Morbid Swither]

I’m an admirer of a writer and professor named Luci Tapahonso. Her wiki : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luci_Tapahonso

She is of the Navajo nation. To me she would make for such a surprising and special laureate. But, I can see how she could be perceived as too light weight and unjustly dismissed. I think it would be extraordinary to meet her.

She has such an unpretentious and “simple” style as a writer. And she doesn’t seem at all self-conscious about taking the extremely ordinary for subject matter.

Her voice is nonetheless quite unmistakable, musical, loving, reverent and beautiful.

Some poems provided by The Poetry Foundation : https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/luci-tapahonso