Here First
Author: Swann, Brian
ISBN: 9780375751387
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 15 Jun 2000
Pages: 448
Format: Paperback / softback
An important collection of essays by twenty-six Native American writers that explores their unique lives, art, and the complex issues of identity, compiled by the editors of I Tell You Now- Autobiographical Essays by Native American Writers
The stunning essays in Here First demonstrate the breadth of experience of twenty-six 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 a vivid and diverse portrait of Native American culture, a living history and the kind of collective memoir that makes for fascinating and rewarding reading.
Contributors include-
Sherman Alexie . Carroll Arnett (Gogisgi) . Betty Louise Bell . Duane Bigeagle . Gloria Bird . Kimberly M. Blaeser . Nora Marks Dauenhauer . Charlotte Declue (Kawashinsay) . Anita Endrezze . Hanay Geiogamah . Gordon Henry, Jr., . Patricia Penn Hilden . Roberta Hill . Leanne Howe . Rex Lee Jim . Evelina Zuni Lucero . Louis Owens . W.S. Penn . Greg Sarris . Vickie Sears . John E. Smelcer . Luci Tapahonso . Clifford E. Trafzer . Anna Lee Walters Elizabeth Woody . Ofelia Zepeda
ISBN: 9780375751387
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 15 Jun 2000
Pages: 448
Format: Paperback / softback
An important collection of essays by twenty-six Native American writers that explores their unique lives, art, and the complex issues of identity, compiled by the editors of I Tell You Now- Autobiographical Essays by Native American Writers
The stunning essays in Here First demonstrate the breadth of experience of twenty-six 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 a vivid and diverse portrait of Native American culture, a living history and the kind of collective memoir that makes for fascinating and rewarding reading.
Contributors include-
Sherman Alexie . Carroll Arnett (Gogisgi) . Betty Louise Bell . Duane Bigeagle . Gloria Bird . Kimberly M. Blaeser . Nora Marks Dauenhauer . Charlotte Declue (Kawashinsay) . Anita Endrezze . Hanay Geiogamah . Gordon Henry, Jr., . Patricia Penn Hilden . Roberta Hill . Leanne Howe . Rex Lee Jim . Evelina Zuni Lucero . Louis Owens . W.S. Penn . Greg Sarris . Vickie Sears . John E. Smelcer . Luci Tapahonso . Clifford E. Trafzer . Anna Lee Walters Elizabeth Woody . Ofelia Zepeda
