New poets of native nations

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New poets of native nations

ISBN:

9781555978099

Edition:

1st printing.

Physical Description:

xvi, 284 pages ; 23 cm.

Subject Term:

American poetry -- Indian authors -- 21st century.

Indians of North America -- Poetry.

Genre:

Poetry

Added Author:

Erdrich, Heid E. (Heid Ellen)

Summary:

A landmark anthology celebrating twenty-one Native poets first published in the twenty-first century New Poets of Native Nations gathers poets of diverse ages, styles, languages, and tribal affiliations to present the extraordinary range and power of new Native poetry. Heid E. Erdrich has selected twenty-one poets whose first books were published after the year 2000 to highlight the exciting works coming up after Joy Harjo and Sherman Alexie. Collected here are poems of great breadthlong narratives, political outcries, experimental works, and traditional lyricsand the result is an essential anthology of some of the best poets writing now. Poets included are Tacey M. Atsitty, Trevino L. Brings Plenty, Julian Talamantez Brolaski, Laura Da, Natalie Diaz, Jennifer Elise Foerster, Eric Gansworth, Gordon Henry, Jr., Sy Hoahwah, LeAnne Howe, Layli Long Soldier, Janet McAdams, Brandy Nalani McDougall, Margaret Noodin, dg okpik, Craig Santos Perez, Tommy Pico, Cedar Sigo, M. L. Smoker, Gwen Westerman, and Karenne Wood.

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A landmark anthology celebrating twenty-one Native poets first published in the twenty-first century

New Poets of Native Nations gathers poets of diverse ages, styles, languages, and tribal affiliations to present the extraordinary range and power of new Native poetry. Heid E. Erdrich has selected twenty-one poets whose first books were published after the year 2000 to highlight the exciting works coming up after Joy Harjo and Sherman Alexie. Collected here are poems of great breadth--long narratives, political outcries, experimental works, and traditional lyrics--and the result is an essential anthology of some of the best poets writing now.

Poets included are Tacey M. Atsitty, Trevino L. Brings Plenty, Julian Talamantez Brolaski, Laura Da', Natalie Diaz, Jennifer Elise Foerster, Eric Gansworth, Gordon Henry, Jr., Sy Hoahwah, LeAnne Howe, Layli Long Soldier, Janet McAdams, Brandy Nalani McDougall, Margaret Noodin, dg okpik, Craig Santos Perez, Tommy Pico, Cedar Sigo, M. L. Smoker, Gwen Westerman, and Karenne Wood.

Author Notes

Heid E. Erdrich is the author of five collections of poetry, including Curator of Ephemera at the New Museum for Archaic Media . She is Ojibwe enrolled at Turtle Mountain, and lives and teaches in Minneapolis.

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Erdrich (Curator of Ephemera at the New Museum for Archaic Media), an Ojibwe writer and scholar, goes some way toward rectifying a noticeable dearth of anthologies of contemporary Native poets with this essential volume. To do this, Erdrich selected 21 writers of varying backgrounds and statures who published their first collections in the 21st century, which she describes as "an era of witness, of coming into voice, an era of change and of political and cultural resurgence." Given that there are 573 recognized Native nations across America, the volume is far from comprehensive, yet it demonstrates the remarkable breadth of formal styles and substantive concerns among even this small cohort of Native writers. Several of the poets here have garnered recognition in wider literary circles, including Cedar Sigo, Layli Long Soldier, and Tommy Pico, and others-such as dg nanouk okpik, Brandy Nalani McDougall, and Eric Gansworth-deserve greater attention. Through this first anthology of Native poets since 1988, Erdrich offers readers a path into a "brilliantly lit dimension" that has long been obscured by colonialism in the worlds of academia and cultural production. (July) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Booklist Review

*Starred Review* Indigenous storytelling and poetry have flourished for millennia in the Americas, yet few U.S. residents can name a single native poet. Editor Erdrich (Curator of Ephemera at the New Museum for Archaic Media, 2017) recenters this issue by narrowing the focus of this masterfully curated collection to Twenty-One Poets for the Twenty-First Century, as her generous, elucidating introduction explains. Several names, such as Layli Long Soldier, Craig Santos Perez, and Natalie Diaz, will stand out for fans of contemporary poetry. Jennifer Elise Foerster paints tactile and visionary images (the sky a belt of blue and white beadwork). Others, like dg okpik, draw on unusual experiences (She and I make a bladder bag to draw water from the ice trench). Even the contributor bios take a different approach, forgoing long lists of achievements and awards; instead, each poet recounts his or her lineage, relationship to a native tongue (if any), writers they regard as mentors, and other native poets they recommend. In this way, Erdrich extends the scope of the collection. An immensely important anthology that belongs in every library.--Báez, Diego Copyright 2010 Booklist

Heid E. Erdrich

Introduction Twenty-One Poets for the Twenty-First Century	p. xi
Tacey M. Atsitty	p. 3
Anasazi
Nightsong
Downpour
Paper Water
Elegy for Yucca Fruit Woman
Hole through the Rock
Layli Long Soldier	p. 15
38
Whereas I Did Not Desire in Childhood
Whereas Resolution's an Act
Obligations 1
Obligations 2 Tommy Pico	p. 29
From IRL
From Nature Poem
From Junk
Margaret Noodin	p. 45
Waawiindamojig / The Promisers
Okanan / Bones
Winiiam Aagimeke / William Making Snowshoes
Agoozimakakiig Idiwag / What the Peepers Say
Jiikimaadizi / A Joyful Life
Mazinbii'amawaan / Sending Messages
Laura Da'	p. 55
A Mighty Pulverizing Machine
The Haskell Marching Band
Passive Voice
Quarter Strain
Gwen Nell Westerman	p. 65
Owotanna Sececa
Linear Process
Genetic Code
Quantum Theory
Dakota Homecoming
Theory Doesn't Live Here
Undivided Interest
Jennifer Elise Foerster	p. 75
Leaving Tulsa
Pottery Lessons I
Birthmark
Chimera
Blood Moon Triptych
Canyon
Natalie Diaz	p. 91
Dome Riddle
Other Small Thundering
American Arithmetic
The First Water Is the Body
Trevino L. Brings Plenty	p. 107
For the Sake of Beauty
The Sound of It
Part Gravel, Part Water, All Indian
Blizzard South Dakota
Northeast Portland
Not Just Anybody Can Have One
Red-ish Brown-ish
Plasmic Kiln
Song Syntax Cycle
dg nanouk okpik	p. 121
Warming
Her/My Arctic Corpse Whale
The Weight of the Arch Distributes the Girth of the Other
A Year Dot
Dog Moon Night at Noatak
She Travels
Julian Talamantez Brolaski	p. 131
Blackwater Stole My Pronoun
In the Cut
What Do They Know of Suffering, Who Eat of Pineapples Yearround
As the Owl Augurs
Stonewall to Standing Rock
Horse Vision
The Bear and the Salmon
When It Rains It Pours
The Bear Was Born
Sy Hoahwah	p. 145
Anchor-Screws of Culture
Toward Mount Scott
Ever Since I Can Remember
What Is Left
Before We Are Eaten
Glitter
Hinterlands
Hillbilly Leviathan
Craig Santos Perez	p. 155
From Lisiensan Ga'lago
From The Legends of Juan Malo [a Malologue]
Ginen the Micronesian Kingfisher [I Sihek]
Ginen Tidelands [Latte Stone Park] [Hagåtña, Guåhan]
(First Trimester)
(Papa and Wakea)
(I Tinituhon)
Gordon Henry, Jr.	p. 167
Simple Four Part Directions for Making Indian Lit
How Soon
Dear Sonny:
Among the Almost Decolonized
The Mute Scribe Recalls Some Talking Circle
Brandy Nalani McDougall	p. 181
The Petroglyphs at Olowalu
On Cooking Captain Cook
Pele'aihonua
Papatuanuku
This Island on Which I Love You
Genesis
M. L. Smoker	p. 193
Casualties
Crosscurrent
Equilibrium
We are the ones
Heart Butte, Montana
LeAnne Howe	p. 203
A Duck's Tune
Finders Keepers: Aboriginal Responses to European Colonization
Ballast
Catafalque
Catafalque II
The Rope Seethes
Cedar Sigo	p. 213
Now I'm a Woman
Thrones
Green Rainbow Song
Things to Do in Suquamish
Taken Care Of
Aquarelle
Light Unhuried, Unchained
Double Vision
Karenne Wood	p. 227
Amoroleck's Words
My Standard Response
In Memory of Shame
Abracadabra, an Abcedarian
Bartolomé de las Casas, 1542
The Poet I Wish I Was
Eric Gansworth	p. 239
Speaking through Our Nations' Teeth
It Goes Something Like This
Repatriating Ourselves
Snagging the Eye from Curtis
A Half-Life of Cardio-Pulmonary Function
... Bee
Janet McAdams	p. 253
The Hands of the Taino
Leaving the Old Gods
Ghazal of Body
From "The Collectors"
Tiger on the Shoulder
Hunters, Gatherers
Earthling
Author Notes	p. 269
Editor's Acknowledgments	p. 279
Permissions	p. 281

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