A Half-Life of Cardio-Pulmonary Function

by Gansworth, Eric L.

• ISBN13: 9780815609001
• ISBN10: 0815609000
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-02-01
• Publisher: Syracuse Univ Pr

Summary

This book explores the act of enduring: physically, historically, and culturally. A member of the Haudenosaunee, Gansworth expresses the tensions experienced by members of a marginalized culture struggling to maintain tradition within a much larger dominant culture.

Author Biography

Eric Gansworth is professor of English and Lowery Writer-in-Residence at Canisius College, Buffalo, N.Y.

Table of Contents

Illustrations	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Artist's Statement: Cross-Pollination	p. xv
Inspiration
A Half-Life of Cardio-Pulmonary Function	p. 3
Beat: Where the Dawes Act Finds Its Voice
Cross-PolliNation	p. 9
Arrivals and Departures	p. 11
Wade Wakes Me with Sweat, Tears, and, Yes, the Rest Too	p. 13
Fireball	p. 15
Transplant	p. 16
War Pictures	p. 19
Kodak Moments and Some Without the Flash	p. 21
Illumination	p. 22
You Are Here	p. 24
Brothers, Night Only	p. 26
Visitors Pass	p. 28
In Tandem	p. 30
In the Current at Dusk	p. 31
This Is Also Just to Say	p. 32
It Is Only Later That I Understand Why You Flinched	p. 33
The Negotiations We Make	p. 34
Histamine	p. 36
Where the Dawes Act Finds Its Voice Even Now in Northern New York	p. 39
How to Make a Cornhusk Doll (I)	p. 42
Pause: The Rain, the Rez, and Other Things
The Rain, the Rez, and Other Things	p. 47
Among Your Possessions	p. 64
Transgression, Middle of the Night	p. 66
Leave	p. 70
All This and More Contained in a "Hello"	p. 73
Learning Curve	p. 74
The Way Howdy Reveals	p. 75
Everyone Had a Hard Year	p. 76
How to Make a Cornhusk Doll (II)	p. 80
Beat: Learning to Speak
Dreamcatcher	p. 85
Loving That Land O'Lakes Girl	p. 87
Understanding Eliot, Maybe, after All These Years	p. 89
Radio Free Indiana	p. 92
Cancellation Line	p. 93
Perspectives on Impact	p. 95
Steve Tells Me When He Knew Things Would Get Back	p. 96
Century Twenty-One	p. 98
(Not) Born in the U.S.A.	p. 100
Dakota (I)	p. 105
Dakota (II)	p. 107
Dakota (III)	p. 109
Dakota (IV)	p. 111
Rabbits Concrete and Abstract	p. 114
Holding the Shell to My Ear	p. 117
How to Make a Cornhusk Doll (III)	p. 119
Expiration
Learning to Speak	p. 125
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