Shapes of Native nonfiction : collected essays by contemporary writers / edited by Elissa Washuta and Theresa Warburton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Washuta, Elissa, editor.

Warburton, Theresa, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--Indian authors.

American literature.

Indians of North America--Literary collections.

Indians of North America.

Creative nonfiction, American.

American literature--21st century.

American literature--Indian authors--History and criticism.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Literary collections.

Physical Description:

266 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2019]

Summary:

"For many the phrase "Native nonfiction" inspires thoughts of the past, of timeless oral history transcriptions and dry 19th century autobiographies. In Shapes of Native Nonfiction, Washuta and Warburton explode this perspective by showcasing 22 contemporary Native writers and their provocative approaches to form. While exploring familiar legacies of personal and collective trauma and violence, these writers push, pull and break the conventional essay structure to overhaul the dominant cultural narrative that romanticize Native lives, yet deny Native emotional response. Organized into four sections inspired by different aspects of and strategies for basket weaving (Technique, Coiling, Plaiting, Twining) the essays presented here demonstrate how Native writers manipulate the shape of creative nonfiction to offer incisive observations, critiques and commentary on our political, social and cultural world. The result is an engaging anthology that introduces a variety of audiences to the true range of Native nonfiction work"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: exquisite vessels / Elissa Washuta and Theresa Warburton

Technique. Contemporary creative writing and ancient oral tradition / Ernestine Hayes

Letter to a just-starting-out Indian writer - and maybe to myself / Stephen Graham Jones

Funny, you don't look like (my preconceived ideas of) an essay / Chip Livingston

Nizhoní dóó 'a'ani' dóó até'él'í dóó ayoo'o'oni (beauty & memory & abuse & love) / Bojan Louis

Fairy tales, trauma, writing into dissociation / Sasha LaPointe

Coiling. Tuolumne / Deborah A. Miranda

I know I'll go / Terese Marie Mailhot

Little mountain woman / Terese Marie Mailhot

Fear to forget & fear to forgive: or an attempt at writing a travel essay / Bojan Louis

Fertility rites / Tiffany Midge

AND SO I ANAL DOUCHE WHILE KESHA'S "PRAYING" PLAYS FROM MY IPHONE ON REPEAT / Billy-Ray Belcourt

The Great Elk / Ruby Hansen Murray

Plaiting. Real romantic / Eden Robinson

The trickster surfs the floods / Natanya Ann Pulley

The way of wounds / Natanya Ann Pulley

To the man who gave me cancer / Adrienne Keene

Self-portrait with parts missing and/or smeared / Michael Wasson

Critical poly 100s / Kim Tallbear

Twining. Pain scale treaties / Laura Da'

Caribou people / Siku Allooloo

Part one: redeeming the English language (acquisition) series / Tiffany Midge

Apocalypse logic / Elissa Washuta

Women in the Fracklands: on water, land, bodies, and Standing Rock / Toni Jensen

Goodbye Once upon a time / Byron F. Aspaas

I am chopping ivory or bone / Joan Naviyuk Kane

Blood running / Sasha LaPointe

A mind spread out on the ground / Alicia Elliott.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Shapes of Native nonfiction.

ISBN:

9780295745763

0295745762

9780295745756

0295745754

OCLC:

1057763003