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Indian Trains is about small town Indians, about community and family, about thieves, prostitutes, train stealers, drug dealers, loners, jerks, dreaming alcoholics, and the ones who did everything but all of that. It is about an entirely new urban mixed-bloods of multiple tribes who are respectful of where their ancestors have come from but are increasingly going to Indian powwows, Indian bars, and Urban Native organizations for cultural fulfillment rather than only returning to reservations to find out who they are. They are about 70 percent of the Indian population--the truly unsung peoples of America. "This is a funny, sad, and powerful book. Each poem is lovely and the cumulative effect is devastating."--Sherman Alexie "The country between poetry and stories is where this story-singer comes from. Tales of polished obsidian. Full of night, fascinating, and frightful. Glistening and brilliant. Small enough to hold in the hand. Sharp enough to tear open the heart. I was left breathless."--Sandra Cisneros " Indian Trains is a marvelous, intimate poetic journey. There are hardy native families here, the immediacy of survivors and traditionalists. The incomparable images arise from w

Author

Wurth, Erika T.

Publisher

Albuquerque: West End Press

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9780975348673

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Social Science, History

Rating

5 / 5 (4 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14