Maurice Kenny: Celebrations Of A Mohawk Writer Project Muse Upcc Books

Explores the work of Maurice Kenny, a pivotal figure in American Indian literature from the 1950s to the present. Winner of the 2012 Best Critical Book Award presented by Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers AssociationThis collection explores the broad range of works by Mohawk writer Maurice Kenny (1929–), a pivotal figure in American Indian literature from the 1950s to the present. Born in Cape Vincent, New York and the author of dozens of books of poetry, fiction, and essays, Kenny portrays the unique experience of Native New York and tells its history with poetic figures who live and breathe in the present. Perhaps his best known work is Tekonwatonti/Molly Brant: Poems of War.Kenny's works have received various accolades and awards. He was recognized by the Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers with the Elder Achievement Award, and two of his collections of poems, Blackrobe and Between Two Rivers, were nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Kenny has also been honored with the American Book Award for The Mama Poems. His works have been recognized by National Public Radio, and have drawn the attention of famous figures such as Allen Ginsberg, Jerome Rothenberg, and Carolyn Forché.Maurice Kenny: Celebrations of a Mohawk Writer serves as a comprehensive introduction to Kenny's body of work for readers who may be unfamiliar with his writing. Written by prominent scholars in American Indian literature, the book is divided into two parts: the first is devoted to musings on Kenny's influence, and the second to traditional critical essays using historical, nationalist, Two Spirit, creative, memoir, and tribal-theoretical approaches. This collection explores the broad range of works by Mohawk writer Maurice Kenny (1929-), a pivotal figure in American Indian literature from the 1950s to the present. Born in Cape Vincent, New York and the author of dozens of books of poetry, fiction, and essays, Kenny portrays the unique experience of Native New York and tells its history with poetic figures who live and breathe in the present. Perhaps his best known work is Tekonwatonti/Molly Brant: Poems of War. Kenny's works have received various accolades and awards. He was recognized by the Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers with the Elder Achievement Award, and two of his collections of poems, Blackrobe and Between Two Rivers, were nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Kenny has also been honored with the American Book Award for The Mama Poems. His works have been recognized by National Public Radio, and have drawn the attention of famous figures such as Allen Ginsberg, Jerome Rothenberg, and Carolyn Forche. Maurice Kenny: Celebrations of a Mohawk Writer serves as a comprehensive introduction to Kenny's body of work for readers who may be unfamiliar with his writing. Written by prominent scholars in American Indian literature, the book is divided into two parts: the first is devoted to musings on Kenny's influence, and the second to traditional critical essays using historical, nationalist, Two Spirit, creative, memoir, and tribal-theoretical approaches. Foreword: Maurice Kenny: Not Through Height / Joseph Bruchac -- Reading The Wampum: An Introduction To The Works Of Maurice Kenny / Penelope Kelsey -- You, Too, Will Have This Printed Word (world) Of Your Own / Eric Gansworth -- The Breath And Skin Of History / James Thomas Stevens -- Dancing Back Strong Our Nations: Performance As Continuance In Maurice Kenny's Poetry / Qwo-li Driskill -- Maurice Kenny: How Can Any Self-respecting Mohawk Live In A Place Like Brooklyn? / Susan Ward -- Tortured Skins, Bears, And Our Responsibilities To The Natural World / Nicholle Dragone -- Teaching Maurice Kenny's Fiction: Dislocated Characters, Narrators, And Readers / Alan Steinberg And Karen Gibson -- The Spirit Of Independence: Maurice Kenny's Tekonwatonti / Molly Brant: Poems Of War / Craig S. Womack -- Painting Word-pictures In Place: Maurice Kenny's Emphatic Imagination Of Tekonwatonti / Molly Brant / Lisa Brooks -- Two-spirit Images In The Work Of Maurice Kenny / Lisa Tatonetti -- Appendix: Maurice Kenny's Molly Brant: From Poetry To Play / Alan Steinberg. Edited By Penelope Myrtle Kelsey. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. "This collection explores the broad range of works by Mohawk writer Maurice Kenny (1929-), a pivotal figure in American Indian literature from the 1950s to the present. Born in Cape Vincent, New York, and the author of dozens of books of poetry, fiction, and essays, Kenny portrays the unique experience of Native New York and tells its history with poetic figures who live and breathe in the present. Perhaps his best known work is Tekonwatonti/Molly Brant: Poems of War... Maurice Kenny: Celebrations of a Mohawk Writer serves as a comprehensive introduction to Kenny's body of work for readers who may be unfamiliar with his writing. Written by prominent scholars in American Indian literature, the book is divided into two parts: the first is devoted to musings on Kenny's influence, and the second to traditional critical essays using historical, nationalist, Two Spirit, creative, memoir, and tribal-theoretical approaches."--Back cover