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Returning the Gift: Poetry and Prose from the First North American Native Writers' Festival (Volume 29) (Sun Tracks) by Joseph Bruchac, editor, with the support of the Association for the Study of American Indian Literatures is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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<p><b>An unprecedented gathering</b> of more than 300 Native writers was held in Norman, Oklahoma, in 1992. The Returning the Gift Festival brought more Native writers together in one place than at any other time in history. "Returning the Gift," observes co-organizer Joseph Bruchac, "both demonstrated and validated our literature and our devotion to it, not just to the public, but to ourselves." In compiling this volume, Bruchac invited every writer who attended the festival to submit new, unpublished work; he then selected the best of the more than 200 submissions to create a collection that includes established writers like Duane Niatum, Simon Ortiz, Lance Henson, Elizabeth Woody, Linda Hogan, and Jeanette Armstrong, and also introduces such lesser-known or new voices as Tracy Bonneau, Jeanetta Calhoun, Kim Blaeser, and Chris Fleet. The anthology includes works from every corner of the continent, representing a wide range of tribal affiliations, languages, and cultures. By taking their peoples' literature back to them in the form of stories and songs, these writers see themselves as returning the gift of storytelling, culture, and continuance to the source from which it came. In
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- Author
- Joseph Bruchac, editor, with the support of the Association for the Study of American Indian Literatures
- Publisher
- Tucson: University of Arizona Press
- Published
- 1994
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780816514861
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, History, Humanities
- Rating
- 4.6 / 5 (3 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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