4 Books By Native American Authors to Have On Your Radar

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  • Native American Songs and Poems: An Anthology (Dover Thrift Editions)

    • UPC: 800759294503
    • ASIN: 0486294501
    • ISBN: 0486294501
    • Manufacturer: Dover Publications

    In this carefully chosen collection, encompassing traditional songs and contemporary Native American poetry, readers will find a treasury of lyrics verse composed by Seminole, Hopi, Navajo, Pima, Havasupai, Arapaho, Paiute, Nootka, and other Indian writers and poets.Selections range from the beautiful, traditional Seminole "Song for Bringing a Chil... [Read More]

  • Hot Dogs On The Road: An American Indian girl's reflections on growing up brown in a black and white world

    • ASIN: 1977746845
    • ISBN: 1977746845
    • Manufacturer: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

    Lena Epps Brooker’s parents had a special hope for their children. As American Indians living in the Jim Crow South, they had faced extreme prejudice all their lives, and they wanted a better future for their children. They hoped that one day, Brooker and her two brothers could use the same water fountain as white children. They hoped that one da... [Read More]

  • The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

    • ASIN: 0316013692
    • ISBN: 9780316013697
    • Brand: Little Brown Young Readers
    • Manufacturer: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

    Bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Determined to take his future into his own hands, Junior leaves his troubled school on the rez to attend an all-white farm town high school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.Heartbreaking, funny, and beautif... [Read More]

  • Best American Poetry 2017 (The Best American Poetry series)

    • ASIN: 1501127756
    • ISBN: 1501127756
    • Brand: Scribner
    • Manufacturer: Scribner

    Edited by Pulitzer Prize-winner and nineteenth US Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey, The Best American Poetry 2017 brings together the most notable poems of the year in the series that offers “a vivid snapshot of what a distinguished poet finds exciting, fresh, and memorable” (Robert Pinsky).Librarian of Congress James Billington says Natasha Tre... [Read More]

  • Genocide of the Mind: New Native American Writing (Nation Books)

    • ASIN: 1560255110
    • ISBN: 1560255110
    • Manufacturer: Bold Type Books

    After five centuries of Eurocentrism, many people have little idea that Native American tribes still exist, or which traditions belong to what tribes. However over the past decade there has been a rising movement to accurately describe Native cultures and histories. In particular, people have begun to explore the experience of urban Indians—indiv... [Read More]

  • The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West

    • ASIN: 1501168681
    • ISBN: 1501168681
    • Brand: Simon & Schuster
    • Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Pulitzer Prize–winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important and dramatic chapter in the American story—the settling of the Northwest Territory by dauntless pioneers who overcame incredible hardships to build a community based on ideals that would come to define our country.As part of the Treaty of Par... [Read More]

  • Native American Literature: An Anthology

    • ASIN: 0844259853
    • ISBN: 0844259853
    • Brand: Brand: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
    • Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

    This treasury of literature by Native American authors allows students to listen to the voices from America's first and oldest literature. More than fifty tribes from the U.S. and Canada are represented, giving readers opportunities to explore the diversity of authors' experiences through poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, including the oral traditio... [Read More]

  • The Cambridge Companion to Native American Literature (Cambridge Companions to Literature)

    • ASIN: 0521529794
    • ISBN: 0521529794
    • Brand: Brand: Cambridge University Press
    • Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press

    This Companion provides an informative and wide-ranging overview of a relatively new field of literary-cultural studies: literature of many genres in English by American Indians from the 1770s to the present day. In addition to the seventeen chapters written by respected experts--Native and non-Native; American, British and European scholars--it in... [Read More]

  • There There

    • ASIN: 0525436146
    • ISBN: 0525436146
    • Manufacturer: Vintage

    National BestsellerOne of The New York Times 10 Best Books of the YearOne of the Best Books of the Year: The Washington Post, NPR, Time, O, The Oprah Magazine, The Dallas Morning News, GQ, Entertainment Weekly, BuzzFeed, San Francisco Chronicle, The Boston Globe  Winner of the PEN/Hemingway AwardWinner of the National Book Critics Circle John Leon... [Read More]

  • Mountain Man: John Colter, the Lewis & Clark Expedition, and the Call of the American West (American Grit)

    • ASIN: 1682680487
    • ISBN: 1682680487
    • Brand: COUNTRYMAN
    • Manufacturer: Countryman Press

    The extraordinary life of Lewis & Clark's right-hand manIn 1804, John Colter set out with Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on the first U.S. expedition to traverse the North American continent. During the twenty-eight month ordeal, Colter served as a hunter and scout, and honed his survival skills on the western frontier. But when the journey was... [Read More]

  • Harper's Anthology of Twentieth Century Native American Poetry

    • ASIN: 0062506668
    • ISBN: 0062506668
    • Manufacturer: HarperOne

    Representing the work of thirty-one poets since the turn of the century, this is the definitive anthology of Native American poetry.

  • PURDY: NOTHING BUT TRUTH _p

    • ASIN: 0130116424
    • ISBN: 0130116424
    • Manufacturer: Pearson

    This anthology includes some of the best works of Native American Literature — with a good representation of major authors, geographic dispersion, gender balance, and a variety of genres. Its illustrative and popular material promote a deeper appreciation of different themes and approaches. Complete works that have become classics in the field... [Read More]

  • Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

    • ASIN: 0307742482
    • ISBN: 0307742482
    • Brand: Vintage
    • Manufacturer: Vintage

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER   -  NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST A New York Times Notable BookNamed a best book of the year by Amazon, Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, GQ, Time, Newsday, Entertainment Weekly, Time Magazine, NPR, Vogue, Smithsonian, Cosmopolitan, Seattle Times, Bloomberg, Lit Hub, and SlateFrom t... [Read More]

  • Sister Nations: Native American Women Writers on Community (Native Voices)

    • ASIN: 0873514289
    • ISBN: 0873514289
    • Manufacturer: Minnesota Historical Society Press

    This anthology of fiction, prose, and poetry celebrates the rich diversity of writing by Native American women today. Editors Heid E. Erdrich and Laura Tohe have gathered stories from across the nation that celebrate, record, and explore Native American women's roles in community. The result is a rich tapestry that contains work by established writ... [Read More]

  • Growing Up Native Americ

    • ASIN: 0380724170
    • ISBN: 0380724170
    • Manufacturer: William Morrow Paperbacks

    Stories of oppression and survival, of heritage denied and reclaimed -- twenty-two American writers recall childhood in their native land.

  • The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom (A Toltec Wisdom Book)

    • UPC: 078433147814
    • ASIN: 1878424319
    • ISBN: 9781878424310
    • Brand: Unknown
    • Manufacturer: Amber-Allen Publishing, Incorporated

  • Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

    • ASIN: 0399588191
    • ISBN: 0399588191
    • Manufacturer: Spiegel & Grau

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The compelling, inspiring, and comically sublime story of one man’s coming-of-age, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followedNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Michiko Kakutani, New York Times • USA Today • San Francisco Chronicle • NPR • Esquire • Ne... [Read More]

  • A Broken Flute: The Native Experience in Books for Children (Contemporary Native American Communities)

    • ASIN: 0759107793
    • ISBN: 0759107793
    • Manufacturer: AltaMira Press

    A Broken Flute is a book of reviews that critically evaluate children's books about Native Americans written between the early 1900s and 2003, accompanied by stories, essays and poems from its contributors. The authors critique some 600 books by more than 500 authors, arranging titles A to Z and covering pre-school, K-12 levels, and evaluations of ... [Read More]

  • I Tell You Now: Autobiographical Essays by Native American Writers (American Indian Lives)

    • ASIN: 0803293143
    • ISBN: 0803293143
    • Brand: Brand: Bison Books
    • Manufacturer: Bison Books

    I Tell You Now is an anthology of autobiographical accounts by eighteen notable Native writers of different ages, tribes, and areas. This second edition features a new introduction by the editors and updated biographical sketches for each writer.

  • Seventh Generation: An Anthology of Native American Plays

    • ASIN: 1559361476
    • ISBN: 1559361476
    • Manufacturer: Theatre Communications Group

    The first major collection of dramatic works by Native Americans.

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