The beginning of the twenty-first century marks the maturation of the voices of indigenous poets in the United States. Norma Wilson's appealing and accessible collection of essays is both an introduction to and an enthusiastic celebration of the poetic vistas inhabited by modern Native American writers.
Wilson's scope is both broad and specific as she draws from contemporary criticism, tribal histories and folklore, interviews with writers, and, of course, from the poetry itself. Her study is firmly grounded in the oral traditions and personal and tribal histories of the eight poets on whom she focuses--Carter Revard, N. Scott Momaday, Simon Ortiz, Lance Henson, Roberta Hill, Linda Hogan, Wendy Rose, and Joy Harjo. A final chapter on the "new generation" considers younger poets such as Sherman Alexie, Cheryl Savageau, Tiffany Midge, and Elizabeth Woody, among others.
At the same time, Wilson's broad understanding of the literary heritage of East, West, and First nations allows her to place Native American poetry in global and historical context. Wilson points out Native American writers have been influenced by such well-known Western "canon" poets as Blake, Whitman, and Ginsberg. Her study further elucidates the clear mark that Native American literature, culture, and oral-poetic traditions have left on five centuries of British and American literature.
The Nature of Native American Poetry is a guidebook mapping the modern rhythms of our ancient literary landscape.

The Nature of Native American Poetry

Literature & Fiction

Wilson, Norma C.

History & Criticism

University of New Mexico Press

In this collection of true tales, people from across South Dakota share their common experience and who how truly personal education can be. It's a chorus of memories sure to strke a chord with the many millions who are the country school experience

One-Room Country School: South Dakota Stories

Education & Teaching

Woodard, Charles L.

Schools & Teaching

South Dakota Humanities

An anthology of poetry rooted in land and life, history and hope, these are the strongest poems submitted for the fifth annual Scurfpea Publishing anthology. Inside you will find poems by: Steve Boint, Craig Challender, Susan Spaeth Cherry, Kevin L. Cole, Matt Dorweiller, David Allan Evans, Jan Evans, Maureen Tolman Flannery, John Grey, Larry D. Griffin, Roberta Haar, Arn Henderson, Constance Hoffman, Brenda K. Johnson, Charles Luden, Rosemary Dunn Moeller, Lindy Obach, Bruce Roseland, Barbara Schmitz, Brad Soule, Jennifer Soule, Christine Stewart-Nuñez, Suzanne Sunshower, Jean Van Alstyne, Nancy Veglahn and Norma C. Wilson.

Memory Echo Words

Evans, Jan

Griffin, Larry D.

Soule, Brad

Flannery, Maureen Tolman

Soule, Jennifer

Roseland, Bruce

Luden, Charles

Challender, Craig

Haar, Roberta

Poetry

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Rivers, Wings &amp; Sky juxtaposes eighteen paired works by artist Nancy Losacker and poet Norma Wilson. Their collaborative mosaics and poems, created over a period of eight years, reflect the beauty and interconnectedness of the Missouri River ecosystem as together they speak of our deep relationships to the rivers, winged creatures, and sky.

Rivers, Wings & Sky

This 2016 edition of the annual Scurfpea Publishing anthology contains poems by: Paul Sneve, Rosemary Dunn Moeller, Constance Hoffman, Bruce Roseland, Pen Pearson, G.M.H. Thompson, Daniel G. Snethen, Brenda K. Johnson, Brad Soule, Jennifer Soule, John Grey, Lin Marshall Brummels, Cliff Lewis, Susan Spaeth Cherry, Norma C. Wilson, Larry D. Griffin, Carol Hamilton, Christine Madline Ellsworth, Marsha Warren Mittman, Roberta Haar, Paula Bosco Damon, Charles Luden, and Dolores Boint.

I Walked by the River: The Scurfpea Publishing Annual Poetry Anthology: 2016

Cherry, Susan Spaeth

Mittman, Marsha Warren

Johnson, Brandyn

Damon, Paula Bosco

Brummels, Lin Marshall

Boint, Dolores

Lewis, Cliff

Each year, Scurfpea Publishing produces a juried anthology of poems. The editor is paid the same whether a book is produced or not; if there aren't enough quality poems the project is terminated for that year. Consequently, very few of the submissions get accepted and the resulting book is brimming with high-quality verse. “Trees in this Neighborhood Remember Me” contains pieces from Marcella Remund, Bruce Roseland, Suzanne Sunshower, G.M.H. Thompson, Constance Hoffman, Bill Waggoner, Carol Hamilton, Craig Challender, Norma C. Wilson, Brenda K. Johnson, Nancy Veglahn, Larry D. Griffin, Rich Weixel, Lindy Obach, Erin Murtha, Rosemary Dunn Moeller, Lin Marshall Brummels, Barbara Schmitz, Roberta Haar, Jamin Ratzlaff, Matt Dorweiller, Susan Spaeth Cherry, Jennifer Soule, Daniel G. Snethen, Cliff Lewis, Judith K. Witherow, Charles Luden, Matthew Stensland-Bos, Marcella Prokop, and Dolores Boint.

Trees in this Neighborhood Remember Me: the Scurfpea Publishing 2017 Poetry Anthology (The Scurfpea Publishing Annual Poetry Anthology)

Veglahn, Nancy

Johnson, Brenda K

Zueger, Sue

Weixel, Rich

Obach, Lindy

Murtha, Erin

Prokop, Marcella

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