{"product_id":"great-short-stories-by-contemporary-native-american-writers","title":"Great Short Stories by Contemporary Native American Writers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bob Blaisdell\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Courier Corporation, 2014-06-18\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis new anthology of short fiction by Native Americans features a wide range of contemporary writers. It includes stories dating from the early twentieth century by Pauline Johnson, daughter of a Mohawk chief, whose works helped define Canadian literature; Zitkala-Sa, a Sioux writer whose books were among the first to bring Native American stories to wider recognition; John M. Oskison, whose Cherokee ancestry informed his tales of the cultural clash faced by children of mixed marriages; and D'Arcy McNickle, Cree activist and anthropologist.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt; Ten additional stories date from the 1960s through the twenty-first century, ranging in their settings from Canada to New Mexico. Selections include Leslie Marmon Silko's \u0026amp;quot;The Man to Send Rain Clouds,\u0026amp;quot; \u0026amp;quot;Crow's Sun\u0026amp;quot; by Duane Niatum, \u0026amp;quot;Beading Lesson\u0026amp;quot; by Beth H. Piatote, Sherman Alexie's \u0026amp;quot;War Dances,\u0026amp;quot; and other tales that explore cultural borders and intersections, dramatizing the ways in which people discover their own heritage as well as the wider world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47081274409129,"sku":"PHBK-9780486490953","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/9899\/1785\/files\/view_archive_ee56c70e-4587-4b0e-9dce-38b5ceb5dbee.jpg?v=1778611605","url":"https:\/\/myti.com\/products\/great-short-stories-by-contemporary-native-american-writers","provider":"Myti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}