{"product_id":"the-sky-watched-poems-of-ojibwe-lives-paperback","title":"The Sky Watched: Poems of Ojibwe Lives - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLinda Legarde Grover\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collective memoir in poetry of an Ojibwe family and tribal community, from creation myth to this day, updated with new poems\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaching from the moment of creation to the cry of a newborn, \u003ci\u003eThe Sky Watched \u003c\/i\u003egives poetic voice to Ojibwe family life. In English and Ojibwe, those assembled here--voices of history, of memory and experience, of children and elders, Indian boarding school students, tribal storytellers, and the Manidoog, the unseen beings who surround our lives--come together to create a collective memoir in poetry as expansive and particular as the starry sky.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis world unfolds in the manner of traditional Ojibwe storytelling, shaped by the seasons and the stages of life, marking the significance of the number four in the Ojibwe worldview. Summoning spiritual and natural lore, award-winning poet and scholar Linda LeGarde Grover follows the story of a family, a tribe, and a people through historical ruptures and through intimate troubles and joys--from the sundering of Ojibwe people from their land and culture to singular horrors like the massacre at Wounded Knee to personal trauma suffered at Indian boarding schools. Threaded throughout are the tribal traditions and knowledge that sustain a family and a people through hardship and turmoil, passed from generation to generation, coming together in the manifold power and beauty of the poet's voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinda LeGarde Grover is professor emerita of American Indian studies at the University of Minnesota Duluth and a member of the Bois Forte Band of Ojibwe. Her books \u003ci\u003eThe Road Back to Sweetgrass, Onigamiising: Seasons of an Ojibwe Year, In the Night of Memory, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Gichigami Hearts: Stories and Histories from \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eMisaabekong\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e all from Minnesota, have earned numerous awards, including the Native Writers Circle of the Americas First Book Award; Northeastern Minnesota Book Awards for Poetry, Memoir, and Fiction; and a Minnesota Book Award for Memoir and Creative Nonfiction. Her book of stories \u003ci\u003eThe Dance Boots\u003c\/i\u003e was the winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award and the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 9.06 x 6.03 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 25, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765749252384,"sku":"9781517914516","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e001fab5d8902a26359fefadc413c3ca.webp?v=1780278766","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-sky-watched-poems-of-ojibwe-lives-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}