Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings missing women Krupat's close readings of these

Krupat's close readings of these narratives provide cultural and historical context as well as critical commentary

" —Louise Erdrich

Foreword by Wendell Berry

When Nipishish is sent to a strange town to live with a white family and attend high school

Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings missing women Krupat's close readings of theseA long awaited poetry collection by one of our most essential Native American voices. In these poems, the joys and struggles of the everyday are played against the grinding politics of being human. Beginning in a hotel room in the dark of a distant city, we travel through history and follow the memory of the Trail of Tears from the bend in the Tallapoosa River to a place near the Arkansas River. Stomp dance songs, blues, and jazz ballads echo