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Weweni (Made in Michigan Writers Series)
Margaret Noodin
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Description for Weweni (Made in Michigan Writers Series)
Paperback. Depending on dialect, the Anishinaabemowin word "weweni" expresses thanks, exactitude, ease, and sincerity. In addition, the word for "relatives" is "nindenwemaaganag": those whose "enewewe," or voices, sound familiar. In Weweni , poet Margaret Noodin brings all of these meanings to bear in a unique bilingual collection. Series: Made in Michigan Writers Series. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 7. Weight in Grams: 145.
Depending on dialect, the Anishinaabemowin word ""weweni"" expresses thanks, exactitude, ease, and sincerity. In addition, the word for ""relatives"" is ""nindenwemaaganag"": those whose ""enewewe,"" or voices, sound familiar. In Weweni, poet Margaret Noodin brings all of these meanings to bear in a unique bilingual collection. Noodin's warm and perceptive poems were written first in the Modern Anishinaabemowin double-vowel orthography and appear translated on facing pages in English.
From planetary tracking to political contrasts, stories of ghosts, and messages of trees, the poems in Weweni use many images to speak to the interconnectedness of relationships, moments of difficulty and joy, ... Read more
Depending on dialect, the Anishinaabemowin word ""weweni"" expresses thanks, exactitude, ease, and sincerity. In addition, the word for ""relatives"" is ""nindenwemaaganag"": those whose ""enewewe,"" or voices, sound familiar. In Weweni, poet Margaret Noodin brings all of these meanings to bear in a unique bilingual collection. Noodin's warm and perceptive poems were written first in the Modern Anishinaabemowin double-vowel orthography and appear translated on facing pages in English.
From planetary tracking to political contrasts, stories of ghosts, and messages of trees, the poems in Weweni use many images to speak to the interconnectedness of relationships, moments of difficulty and joy, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Wayne State University Press
Condition
New
Series
Made in Michigan Writers Series
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
Detroit, MI, United States
ISBN
9780814340387
SKU
V9780814340387
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About Margaret Noodin
Margaret Noodin is assistant professor in English and American Indian studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA. She is author of Bawaajimo: A Dialect of Dreams in Anishinaabe Language and Literature. She is also one of the founders of the group Miiskwaasining Nagamojig and ojibwe.net.
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