Here FirstHere First
Autobiographical Essays by Native American Writers
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Current format, Book, 2000, 1st ed, All copies in use. Offered in 0 more formatsTwenty-seven Native American writers describe their lives in relation to their art and to their families in a collection demonstrating the importance of storytelling in their heritage and the complexity of their experience.
Twenty-seven Native American writers describe their lives in relation to their art and to their families in a rich collection demonstrating the importance of storytelling in their heritage and the complexity of their experience. Original. 10,000 first printing.
Here First is an important new collection of essays by Native American writers compiled by Arnold Krupat and Brian Swann, the editors of I Tell You Now: Autobiographical Essays by Native American Writers. In Here First, authors such as Sherman Alexie, Greg Sarris, and Elizabeth Woody tell the stories of their lives and their art. Each essay demonstrates the breadth of experience of twenty-seven individuals united in the creative expression of a Native American heritage. Each has a different relation to that heritage, and in describing it through personal and family history, with verse and in anecdotes, the writers give a strong image of the different cultures that have shaped them. This is living history and the kind of collective memoir that makes for fascinating and rewarding reading--one of the most vivid and diverse portraits of Native American culture available today.
Twenty-seven Native American writers describe their lives in relation to their art and to their families in a rich collection demonstrating the importance of storytelling in their heritage and the complexity of their experience. Original. 10,000 first printing.
Here First is an important new collection of essays by Native American writers compiled by Arnold Krupat and Brian Swann, the editors of I Tell You Now: Autobiographical Essays by Native American Writers. In Here First, authors such as Sherman Alexie, Greg Sarris, and Elizabeth Woody tell the stories of their lives and their art. Each essay demonstrates the breadth of experience of twenty-seven individuals united in the creative expression of a Native American heritage. Each has a different relation to that heritage, and in describing it through personal and family history, with verse and in anecdotes, the writers give a strong image of the different cultures that have shaped them. This is living history and the kind of collective memoir that makes for fascinating and rewarding reading--one of the most vivid and diverse portraits of Native American culture available today.
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