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Shapeshift (Sun Tracks)
Sherwin Bitsui
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Description for Shapeshift (Sun Tracks)
Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 156 x 6. Weight in Grams: 139.
"Fourteen ninety-something, / something happened / and no one can pick it out of the lineup ..." In words drawn from urban and Navajo perspectives, Sherwin Bitsui articulates the challenge a Native American person faces in reconciling his or her inherited history of lore and spirit with the coldness of postmodern civilization. Shapeshift is a collection of startling new poetry that explores the tensions between the worlds of nature and man. Through brief, imagistic poems interspersed with evocative longer narratives, it offers powerful perceptions of American culture and politics and their lack of spiritual grounding. Linking story, history, and voice, ... Read more
"Fourteen ninety-something, / something happened / and no one can pick it out of the lineup ..." In words drawn from urban and Navajo perspectives, Sherwin Bitsui articulates the challenge a Native American person faces in reconciling his or her inherited history of lore and spirit with the coldness of postmodern civilization. Shapeshift is a collection of startling new poetry that explores the tensions between the worlds of nature and man. Through brief, imagistic poems interspersed with evocative longer narratives, it offers powerful perceptions of American culture and politics and their lack of spiritual grounding. Linking story, history, and voice, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
80
Place of Publication
Tucson, United States
ISBN
9780816523429
SKU
V9780816523429
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