Maurice Kenny

Broschiertes Buch

In the Time of the Present

Beschreibung

This new collection of poetry from Maurice Kenny explores identity, honors nature, and celebrates everyday life. Modern life is described, while Native American culture is glimpsed, ghost-like, on the margins. Natural bounty -- flowers, fruits -- is extolled and welcomed. The simplest things -- the arrival of the first blueberries or a field of dandelions -- are praised with gratitude. Friendships, letters, love lost and found are all treated with reverence and delicacy. Spirituality as a way of life, respect for nature, sharing with others within an extended family, living in the present -- these traditional Native values are represented in Kenny's work. These poems are the essence of a Native American way of life.

Autor

Maurice Kenny, Mohawk, is an internationally renowned writer of poetry, fiction, and plays. Maurice's book of poems, Blackrobe: Isaac Jogues, B. March 11, 1607, D. October 18, 1646 was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, as was Between Two Rivers. He is the recipient of a National Public Radio Award for Broadcasting. His book The Mama Poems received the American Book Award in 1984. The Bloomsbury Review cited Wounds Beneath the Flesh as the best anthology of 1983. Maurice's work has been published in almost 100 journals, including special issues on Native American writing such as Trends, the Scottish journal from Paisley College, the Calaloo special issue on Native American writing, and World Literature Today. Other journals include American Indian Quarterly, Blue Cloud Quarterly, Wicazo Sa Review, Saturday Review, and the New York Times.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Michigan State University Press
• Seitenzahl: 131
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 141mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 195g
• ISBN-13: 9780870135460
• ISBN-10: 0870135465
• Artikelnr.: 21555217