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Raising Bean : essays on laughing and loving / W. S. Penn.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Penn, W. S., 1949- author.
- Series:
- Made in Michigan Writers Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nez Percé girls--Conduct of life.
- Nez Percé girls.
- Nez Percé Indians--Conduct of life.
- Nez Percé Indians.
- Grandparent and child.
- Penn, W. S., 1949---Ethics.
- Penn, W. S.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (228 p.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Detroit, Michigan : Wayne State University Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- Essays from a Native American grandfather to help navigate life's difficult experiences.
- Contents:
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Prefatory Remarks
- Acknowledgments
- Part 1. The Power of Words-Their Uses and Meanings
- In the Nick of Names
- Draining the Swamp
- Intentional Indians
- The Sixties
- Part 2. Race and Identity
- I Stand Here Listening
- To Have and On Hold
- Balls and Bumpas
- Free Love
- Revelations
- Part 3. Schooling
- A Harvest Moon
- Teaching School
- The Death of Mr. Dards
- Gratitude
- Grading Millennials
- Part 4. Not Nobody
- Not Nobody
- It's Ironic
- Part 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
- Retiring into the Weir of Words
- About the Author
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780814349311
- 0814349315
- OCLC:
- 1303087587
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