{"product_id":"manifestation-wolverine-the-collected-poetry-of-ray-young-bear-paperback","title":"Manifestation Wolverine: The Collected Poetry of Ray Young Bear - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRay Young Bear\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe American Book Award-winning collection from \"The best poet in Indian Country\" (Sherman Alexie, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Hailed by the\u003ci\u003e Bloomsbury Review\u003c\/i\u003e as \"the nation's foremost contemporary Native American poet\" and by Sherman Alexie as \"the best poet in Indian Country,\" Ray Young Bear draws on ancient Meskwaki tradition and modern popular culture to create poems that provoke, astound, and heal. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This indispensable volume, which contains three previously published collections--\u003ci\u003eWinter of the Salamander \u003c\/i\u003e(1979), \u003ci\u003eThe Invisible Musician \u003c\/i\u003e(1990), and \u003ci\u003eThe Rock Island Hiking Club \u003c\/i\u003e(2001)--as well as \u003ci\u003eManifestation Wolverine\u003c\/i\u003e, a brilliant series of new pieces inspired by animistic beliefs, a Lazy-Boy recliner, and the word songs Young Bear sang to his children, is a testament to the singularity of the poet's talent and the astonishing range of his voice.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRay Young Bear is a lifetime resident of the Meskwaki Settlement in central Iowa. His poems have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies, including \u003ci\u003eVirginia Quarterly Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew Letters\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Prairie Schooner\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eIowa Review\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eAmerican Poetry Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and the\u003ci\u003e Best American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, and have been collected into three books: \u003ci\u003eWinter of the Salamander \u003c\/i\u003e(1980), \u003ci\u003e The Invisible Musician \u003c\/i\u003e(1990), and \u003ci\u003eThe Rock Island Hiking Club \u003c\/i\u003e(2001). He also wrote \u003ci\u003eBlack Eagle Child: The Facepaint Narratives \u003c\/i\u003e(1995), a novel combining prose and poetry that was heralded by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eas \"magnificent.\" Its sequel, \u003ci\u003eRemnants of the First Earth \u003c\/i\u003e(1998), won the Ruth Suckow Award as an outstanding work of fiction about Iowa. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The recipient of a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, Ray Young Bear has taught creative writing and Native American literature at numerous schools across the United States, including the University of Iowa and the Institute of American Indian Arts. A singer as well as an author, Young Bear is a cofounder of the Woodland Singers \u0026amp; Dancers, which performs contemporary and traditional tribal dances throughout the country.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 456\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 27, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760604053792,"sku":"9781504014151","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/fef467c78fa6be69f578ed174573e480.webp?v=1780184535","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/manifestation-wolverine-the-collected-poetry-of-ray-young-bear-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}