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Wakpá Wanági, Ghost River - by Trevino L Brings Plenty (Paperback)
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Highlights
- "Brings Plenty has come into his own power with this new book of poems.
- Author(s): Trevino L Brings Plenty
- 88 Pages
- Poetry, Native American
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About the Book
Poetry. Native American Studies. "These poems are 'porcupine quills,' beautiful and sharp. They draw blood. They make me laugh and cry. I love this book."--Sherman Alexie, Poet, fiction writer, screenwriter"Trevino Brings Plenty's poetry 'ignites a sunrise,' bearing witness to Indigenous America's most difficult and invisible realities. Faced with these urgent poems, we are again reminded of our constant fight for survival. Brings Plenty embarks on a telling that will inspire and challenge our notions of how we experience our modern colonial lives."--Sherwin Bitsui, Author of Floodsong
"Reading Trevino Brings Plenty's poems is a head adjustment. As hard as these poems work to defy the stereotype of Native American spirituality, they also act like ceremonies--new ones--the anti-vision quest, spirit guide avoidance, songs to survive shame, good days NOT to die. Trevino Brings Plenty is no sham- shaman, but he is a healer and a true one."--Heid Erdrich, Author of Cell Traffic and National Monuments
"Brings Plenty has come into his own power with this new book of poems. These are the poems of a hardcore rez visionary who is '...map(ping) the spirit world....' Each poem carries a light born of struggle, and like vision, each illumination has its cost...Personal history is utterly tied to the historical DNA of family, a place. Through the journey of these poems, a map emerges. In this map, you will find a way home."--Joy Harjo, Mvskoke poet, musician, performer, professor
"Trevino Brings Plenty has the soul of a poet, no doubt. In fact he might have two of them--the other used to belong to America, until he ripped it out of her still-beating heart and ate it. Like some NDNero Paganini, Brings Plenty's verbiage whirls away the
Book Synopsis
"Brings Plenty has come into his own power with this new book of poems. These are the poems of a hardcore rez visionary who is 'map(ping) the spirit world' Each poem carries a light born of struggle, and like vision, each illumination has its cost. . . . Personal history is utterly tied to the historical DNA of family, a place. Through the journey of these poems, a map emerges. In this map, you will find a way home."--Joy Harjo, Mvskoke poet, musician, performer, professorReview Quotes
"Reading Trevino Brings Plenty's poems is a head adjustment. As hard as these poems work to defy the stereotype of Native American spirituality, they also act like ceremonies--new ones--the anti-vision quest, spirit guide avoidance, songs to survive shame, good days NOT to die. Trevino Brings Plenty is no sham-shaman but he is a healer and a true one."--Heid E. Erdrich, author of Cell Traffic and National Monuments
"Trevino Brings Plenty's poetry 'ignites a sunrise, ' bearing witness to Indigenous America's most difficult and invisible realities. Faced with these urgent poems, we are again reminded of our constant fight for survival. Brings Plenty embarks on a telling that will inspire and challenge our notions of how we experience our modern colonial lives."--Sherwin Bitsui, author of Floodsong
Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x .21 Inches (D)
Weight: .31 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 88
Genre: Poetry
Sub-Genre: Native American
Publisher: Backwaters Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Trevino L Brings Plenty
Language: English
Street Date: April 1, 2015
TCIN: 88984904
UPC: 9781935218371
Item Number (DPCI): 247-58-0260
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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