Silko's book emphasizes the importance of storytelling in Pueblo culture, and discusses the implications of the ways the white man's culture has tried to destroy the tradition.
First published in 1972, "God Is Red" remains the seminal work on Native religious views, asking new questions about our species and our ultimate fate. This best-selling classic reminds us to learn "that we are a part of nature, not a transcendent species with no responsibilities to the natural world."
Silko's novel gives a feminist slant to a picaresque adventure tale about a young Native American woman, Indigo, who travels with her friend Hattie in the 1890's through the southwestern desert country and elsewhere, encountering Mexican revolutionaries, gypsies, opportunists of every kind, and an appealing menagerie of animals.
A passionate weaving of past and present, this collection of 22 essays illuminates the Native American experience. "There is no one writing in America who more deserves our attention and respect".--Larry McMurtry.
Silko's novel gives a feminist slant to a picaresque adventure tale about a young Native American woman, Indigo, who travels with her friend Hattie in the 1890's through the southwestern desert country and elsewhere, encountering Mexican revolutionaries, gypsies, opportunists of every kind, and an appealing menagerie of animals.
Building on the mythic themes of her early short story, "Yellow Woman", Silko ruminates on her life as an artist and her identity as an American Indian woman. The collection includes essays on photography, the Pueblo view of language and literature, the governing structures of the Indian nations, and American immigration policy.
"The most effective political statement I could make is in my art work. . . . The most radical kind of politics is language as plain truth." Leslie Marmon Silko, one of America's best known Native authors, was born in 1948 and grew up at Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico, of mixed Laguna, Mexican, and white ancestry. Her early short stories, poems, and ...
A stunning anthology of original essays and photographs by 20 American Indian writers and photographers includes the works of Gabriel Horn and Simon Ortiz. Celebrates the depth and diversity of contemporary Native American life. 80 photos, 40 in color. Media tour.
Silko and Wright met only twice; their correspondence began three years after their first brief meeting and continued until Wright's death. This collection documents the 18-month exchange of correspondence between these two extraordinary writers.
Silko's book emphasizes the importance of storytelling in Pueblo culture, and discusses the implications of the ways the white man's culture has tried to destroy the tradition.
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Denver: Rocky Mountain Country Ltd Partnership, 1979.
Description: 96pp, (8.5 x 11 inches), color and b&w photos. Very Good in wrappers (soft cover). Covers lightly rubbed, otherwise clean and tight, no tears or creases, no markings. Early publication of "Storytelller" by Silko. Also an article on Brad Holland, Ralph Steadman and Alan E. Cober with examples of their illustrations. Also articles on the Western Romance, cowboy life, downhill racer (skiing) Andy Mill, pro wrestling, et al. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: softcover
Publisher: (Lopez)
Date Published: (1994)
Description: Silko provides the introduction for this catalog of Native American literature, our first, which provides, with its listing, a useful overview of the field. Fine in wrappers. read more
Description: Silko, Leslie Marmon., Penguin Books, nd (1991), c1991, 3rd printing, stiff illus. wrapps (soft cover), vg-f, 763 pp, 8vo, 'To read this book is to hear the voices of the ancestors and spirits telling us where we came from, who we are, and where we must g. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: New York Little, Brown an
Date Published: 1981
Description: Leslie Marmon Silko, Storyteller Large Soft cover (trade paper). 274 pages. Numerous photographs. Near FINE--A beautiful copy, tightly bound, clean, and without markings oir tears. Stories and poems, many autobiographical, photojournalism; combines fiction, poetry, family history, oral tradition from her own and other Native American communities. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Stapled Wraps
Publisher: Maxwell Museum, U. N.M.
Date Published: 1976
Description: Near Fine in Wraps jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Tall. First Edition. Soft cover oblong 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Tall in illustrated Stapled Wraps. Near Fine w/ light creasing and curling; interior unmarked. Short sketches of each Pueblo, also includes Silko's poem, "Slim Man Canyon"; illustrated in b/w Indian designs. No pagination [25pp]. Uncommon. read more
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