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Indian Cartography

by Deborah A. Miranda
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Poetry. Native American Studies. Winner of the North American Native Authors First Book Award. Deborah Miranda's INDIAN CARTOGRAPHY provides a psychic and emotional remapping of the Native American world of the West Coast. In lyric verse that is sometimes spare, sometimes dramatic, Miranda charts a homeward journey through the heart's territory --a land that has long been torn, disrupted, and colonized in the harshest sense of that word --Janice Gould. The first poem grabbed my wrist and held me for the duration. The prose is equally alive and its images have the precision and the edge of the finest poetry. Seamless back and forth journey from one little girl to another, one woman to another, one memory to another. All distinct yet connected. One long scream from a heart who will not stop living, whose life is an affirmation of survival --Wendy Rose. Miranda's poetry and essays have appeared in Bricolage, Calyx, Calloo, The Cimarron Review, Raven Chronicles, and Soujourner.

Synopsis

This stunning debut collection brings together poems of anguish and healing, from a distinctly female perspective. Based on the experiences of a young woman of mixed European and Native heritage, the poems are grounded in history but overwhelmingly contemporary.

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Book Details

Published
May 1, 1999
Publisher
Greenfield Review Literary Center, Incorporated
Pages
99
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780912678993

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