I Tell You Now

by Krupat, Arnold

• ISBN13: 9780803293144
• ISBN10: 0803293143
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-06-01
• Publisher: Bison Books

Summary

I Tell You Now is an anthology of autobiographical accounts by eighteen notable Native writers of different ages, tribes, and areas. This second edition features a new introduction by the editors and updated biographical sketches for each writer.Brian Swann is a professor of English at Cooper Union in New York City. He recently edited Voices from Four Directions: Contemporary Translations of the Native Literatures of the North Americas (Nebraska 2004). Arnold Krupat is a professor of literature at Sarah Lawrence College. His books include The Turn to the Native, available in a Bison Books edition, and Red Matters: Native American Studies.

Author Biography

Brian Swann is a professor of English at Cooper Union in New York City. He recently edited Voices from Four Directions: Contemporary Translations of the Native Literatures of the North Americas (Nebraska 2004). Arnold Krupat is a professor of literature at Sarah Lawrence College. His books include The Turn to the Native, available in a Bison Books edition, and Red Matters: Native American Studies.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
You Can Go Home Again: A Sequence, by Mary Tall Mountain, Koyukon Athabascan (b. 1918)	1	(14)
The Quiet Between Lightning and Thunder, by Ralph Salisbury, Cherokee (b. 1926)	15	(22)
Waiting at the Edge: Words toward a Life by Maurice Kenny, Mohawk (b. 1929)	37	(18)
"You May Consider Speaking about Your Art...," by Elizabeth Cook-Lynn, Crow-Creek-Sioux (b. 1930)	55	(10)
Walking among the Stars, by Carter Revard, Osage (b. 1931)	65	(20)
On Native Ground, by Jim Barnes, Choctaw (b. 1933)	85	(14)
Crows Written on the Poplars: Autocritical Autobiographies, by Gerald Vizenor, Minnesota Chippewa (b. 1934)	99	(12)
Shouting Back to the Geese, by Jack D. Forbes, Powhatan- Delaware-Saponi (b. 1934)	111	(16)
When the Words Began to Dance It Was a Joy to Play, by Duane Niatum, Klallam (b. 1938)	127	(14)
The Autobiography of a Confluence, by Paula Gunn Allen, Laguna Pueblo (b. 1939)	141	(14)
Those Dead Guys for a Hundred Years, by Jimmie Durham, Wolf Clan Cherokee (b. 1940)	155	(12)
Two Dresses, by Diane Glancy, Cherokee (b. 1941)	167	(18)
The Language We Know, by Simon J. Ortiz, Acoma Pueblo (b. 1941)	185	(10)
Notes of a Translator's Son, by Joseph Bruchac, Abenaki (b. 1942)	195	(12)
The Personal Statement of Barney Bush, by Barney Bush Shawnee (b. 1945)	207	(24)
The Two Lives, by Linda Hogan, Chickasaw (b. 1947)	231	(20)
Neon Scars, by Wendy Rose, Hopi-Miwok (b. 1948)	251	(12)
Ordinary Spirit, by Joy Harjo, Creek (b. 1951)	263