A remarkable anthology of writings by Native American women features a rich variety of poetry, fiction, memoir, and prayer by Louise Erdrich, Leslie Silko, Janet Campbell Hale, Wilma Mankiller, Linda Hogan, Winona LaDuke, and many others. Tour. Coeditors Harjo (The Woman Who Fell from the Sky, LJ 11/15/94) and Bird (Full Moon on the Reservation, Greenfield Review, 1994) have put together a one-of-a-kind anthology of fiction, poetry, and memoir from over 80 Native women writers representing over 50 nations. Although nationally known writers such as Louise Erdrich, Linda Hogan, and Leslie Silko are included, many others are being published here for the first time. More than a collection of literature, this work is divided into four sections?genesis, struggle, transformation, and returning?to illuminate the writing process. Each writer introduces herself and her philosophical perspective about writing, and the willingness to share personal stories makes this a work of rare beauty, truth, and power. In addition, the anthology also highlights the writers' views on universal concerns such as violence against women, poverty, alcoholism, depression, government/Native American relations, and, especially, identity and place. Recommended for all libraries.?Vicki Leslie Toy Smith, Univ. of Nevada, Reno Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. Harjo and Bird explain that the idea for this unprecedented and invaluable anthology grew out of a cycle of conversations among Native American women about their experiences as members of tribal nations, as Americans and Canadians, and as writers and community leaders. As editors, Harjo and Bird hoped to preserve the positive energy of these candid dialogues, and they have succeeded admirably, collecting more than 80 voices from Maui to Alberta, New Mexico to Michigan. Well-known writers such as Louise Erdrich, Linda Hogan, Leslie Silko, and Janet Campbell Hale are present, and so are the poetry, fiction, and memoirs of native women writers who will be new to most readers. Harjo and Bird have also gone beyond the purely literary realm and published the writings of such activists as Wilma Mankiller, Bea Medicine, Sonlatsa Jim-James, and Winona LaDuke. Donna Seaman I Study Rocks by Jeannette C. Armstrong 2 Months Rent Due And 1 Bag Of Rice by Luci Beach The Serpent Story by Salli M. K. Benedict I Will Bring You Twin Grays by Marla Big Boy Rituals, Yours - And Mine by Kimberly M. Blaeser Invocation: Navajo Prayer by Grace Boyne Stillborn Night by Beth Brant Rational by Helen Chalakee Burgess It Has Something To Do With Final Words by Gladys Cardiff As I Leave You by Chrystos [pseud.] The Old Indian Granny by Chrystos [pseud.] Moonlight by Kim Cladwell The Change by A. A. Hedge Coke Dancing With Rex by Beth Cuthand She Ties Her Bandanna by Beth Cuthand How To Make Good Baked Salmon From The River by Nora Marks Dauenhauer Margaret/haskell Indian School by Carolyn Marie Dunn Fooling God by Louise Erdrich A New Dream (wuski A-baw-tan) by Jennifer Pierce Eyen Dear Webster by Connie Fife Whale Song by Mary Goose Coyotismo by Janice Gould Connuche by Catron Grieves Pahkahkos by Louise Bernice Halfe Looking For Signs by Dana Naone Hall Perhaps The World Ends Here by Joy Harjo The Song Called 'white Antelope Chant' by Suzan Shown Harjo Presente by Ines Hernandez-avila Skin by Linda Hogan Old Great-grandma by Nora Yazzie Hunter Expect Nothing Else From Me by Rita Joe Confession by Alice Lee The Island Of Women by June Mcglashan Written In Blood by Tiffany Midge The Housing Poem by Dian Million Gia's Song by Nora Naranjo-morse Understanding Each Other by Linda Noel 99 Things To Do Before You Die by Nila Northsun Two Standards by Elise Paschen For Thieves Only by Lois Red Elk You See This Body by Marcie Rendon The Endangered Roots Of A Person by Wendy Rose The Poet Haunted by Wendy Rose Tribal Chant by Carol Lee Sanchez When Sun Came To Riverwoman by Leslie Marmon Silko My Mother And I Had A Discussion One Day by Denise Sweet The Last Wolf by Mary Tallmountain What Danger We Court by Luci Tapahonso She Was Telling It This Way by Laura Tohe Hunter's Dance In Early Fall by Debra Haaland Toya Sisters by Haunani-kay Trask Indian Singing In 20th Century America by Gail Tremblay How I Came To Have A Man's Name by Emma Lee Warrior To Rose by Roberta Hill Whiteman Waning August Moon by Roberta Hill Whiteman Dry Rivers - Arizona by Ramona Wilson The Girlfriends by Elizabeth A. Woody Bury Me With A Band by Ofelia Zepeda Pulling Down The Clouds by Ofelia Zepeda -- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®