Returning the Gift: Native Writers Conference March 13-15, 2008
Registration is now available on line at http://www.aisp.msu.edu/events.html
Space in each workshop is limited, so register early. Continue reading
Fiction
Preview of Gordon Henry’s New Book, “The Failure of Certain Charms”
Salt Publishing‘s Earthworks imprint has just published Gordon Henry‘s book “The Failure of Certain Charms and Other Disparate Signs of Life.”
You can download an excerpt here.
Reflections on Jonathan Lethem’s Essay “Defending The Searchers”
I recently read Jonathan Lethem’s essay from his book “The Disappointment Artist.” It’s the opening essay in this collection of self-reflective essays (nice way of saying navel-gazing, kind of like this blog).
My view of this essay is that it is part of the standard “liberal” or “enlightened” commentary about the horrors that have been visited upon the Indigenous peoples of this hemisphere and especially this continent. In other words — yes, we did the Indians wrong, but so what?
Yellow Medicine Review #3
Just in our mailbox, the third issue of the Yellow Medicine Review. This issue features art, poetry, and prose from Pat LeBeau (MSU), Ray Young Bear, Meg Noori (U-M), Heid Erdrich (guest editor), Lise Erdrich, and one of our favorite people, Denise Lajimodiere.
Here are a couple samples:
New Short Story: “Thinking About What I’ve Done”
The new issue of Red Ink just arrived in the mail. I have a short story in this edition, Thinking about What I’ve Done. It’s about Indian lawyers, sorta.
Turtle Talk 