"Reinventing the Enemy's Language" : Contemporary Native Women's Writings of North America

This is another part of the literature of native (First Nations) people that I'm working my way back through. I learned about this book because of my interest in the work of Joy Harjo, the current U.S. Poet Laureate, and the first native person to hold that title.

This volume was edited by Joy Harjo, and Gloria Bird, with Patricia Blanco, Beth Cuthand, and Valerie Martinez.

During this summer of 2020, when many of us are attempting to "become anti-racist", this is part of my learning process.

"This anthology celebrates the experience of Native American women and is at once an important contribution to our literature and an historical document. It is the most comprehensive anthology of its kind to collect poetry, fiction, prayer, and memoir from Native American women. Over eighty writers are represented from nearly fifty (native North American) nations." (Goodreads review)