Manifestation Wolverine: The Collected Poetry of Ray Young Bear
The definitive collection from a groundbreaking Native American poet whose work traces the fault lines between past and present, real and surreal, comedy and tragedy to unveil a transcendent new vision of the world Hailed by the Bloomsbury Review as “the nation’s foremost contemporary Native...
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The definitive collection from a groundbreaking Native American poet whose work traces the fault lines between past and present, real and surreal, comedy and tragedy to unveil a transcendent new vision of the world
Hailed by the Bloomsbury Review as “the nation’s foremost contemporary Native American poet” and by Sherman Alexie as “the best poet in Indian Country,” Ray Young Bear draws on ancient Meskwaki tradition and modern popular culture to create poems that provoke, astound, and heal.
This indispensable volume, which contains three previously published collections—Winter of the Salamander (1979), The Invisible Musician (1990), and The Rock Island Hiking Club (2001)—as well as Manifestation Wolverine, a brilliant series of new pieces inspired by animistic beliefs, a Lazy-Boy recliner, and the word songs Young Bear sang to his children, is a testament to the singularity of the poet’s talent and the astonishing range of his voice.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781504014151 (1504014154)
Publish date: 2015-10-27
Publisher: Open Road Media
Pages no: 400
Edition language: English
Disclaimer: ARC via Netgalley. I don’t usually request poetry ARCs because I read poetry slowly, which, to be honest, is how it should be read outside of epic poetry. This means, unless the collection is small, I tend to read a few poems each day over a period of time. I am, ho...