Raising Bean : essays on laughing and loving / W. S. Penn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Penn, W. S., author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

Made in Michigan writers series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conduct of life.

Grandparent and child.

Indians of North America.

Genre:

Essays.

Creative nonfiction.

Physical Description:

viii, 216 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Detroit : Wayne State University Press, [2022]

Summary:

"Offered in the oral traditions of the Nez Perce, Native American writer W. S. Penn records the conversations he held with his granddaughter, lovingly referred to as "Bean," as he guided her toward adulthood while confronting society's interest in possessions, fairness, and status. Drawing on his own family history and Native mythology, Penn charts a way through life where each endeavor is a journey--an opportunity to love, to learn, or to interact--rather than the means to a prize at the end."--Back cover.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 The Power of Words

-Their Uses and Meanings

In the Nick of Names

Draining the Swamp

Intentional Indians

The Sixties

pt. 2 Race and Identity

I Stand Here Listening

To Have and On Hold

Balls and Bumpas

Free Love

Revelations

pt. 3 Schooling

A Harvest Moon

Teaching School

The Death of Mr. Dards

Gratitude

Grading Millennials

pt. 4 Not Nobody

Not Nobody

It's Ironic

pt. 5 Processes for Being

A Whole Lot of Schloss

Carbon to Charcoal

From Paper to Person

Moby Dick

Joy

The Hydra-Headed Question

I've Been Dead So Long It Looks Like Life to Me.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9780814349304

0814349307

OCLC:

1289920559