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Been working through these the past couple months between books or whenever I only have a few minutes here and there. Not going to have them finished before they need to be returned to the library (probably gonna buy my own copies) but I did want to point out how wonderful they are.

Hirsch adds new life to old standards with helpful insights and analyses. Harjo‘s book, with its focus on Native poetry, is sublime and should be read by everyone.

#FridayNightShare This is the first (as of yet, only) Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry. I spent a good chunk of February reading this and it introduced me to SO many poets whose individual collections I‘m excited to read. #midwintersolace #naturalitsy @AllDebooks @TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @jenniferw88

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I finished 1 of my month-long reads today. The first Norton Anthology of Native Nations poetry features 161 poets spanning from hundreds of years ago to the present, most of whom I would be interested in reading more work from. This is separated into 4 geographical regions following pre-state boundaries, and I was surprised to see how much more I connected with the poetry of regions I‘d lived in. #Pantone2023 #AiryBlue #Sharreadathon #20in4

By Leanne Howe
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Kugelblitz is used to mean ball lightning.

It‘s actually a theoretical astrophysical object predicted by general relativity. It‘s a concentration of heat, light or radiation so intense that its energy forms an event horizon & becomes self-trapped. In other words, if enough radiation is aimed into a region of space, the concentration of energy can warp spacetime so much that it creates a black hole.

It‘s a coincidence that I‘m reading this while #AAM focuses on Louise Erdrich, and that she‘s one of the poets featured here. But reading her poems, a novel and a children‘s book of hers in a single month has reminded me how talented she is. It‘s rare enough to find an author who writes novels in multiple genres, but to find one who writes in so many different formats (she writes short stories too), and does all of them well, is almost unheard of.

On hold on my Libby que. #Light #DivineDecember @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

“We did not have organized religion per se; rather the whole earth is a sacred site. A poem can be considered a sacred site, in which so much of our culture is stored, made into form to be acknowledged, given a place, even a place to hide. Many of our oldest and most traditional poems and songs contain maps of the stars, road maps, or precepts of spiritual knowledge.” - from the Introduction
#nativenationspoetry #nativeamericanpoetry #indigenous

I felt the need for some poetry and picked up some new books during Book Outlet's B2G1 sale. All except for Daley-Ward and Harjo are new-to-me.

This anthology of Indigenous poets is not exhaustive, but instead, gives us a sampling based on five (5) geographical regions, and then older to newer poets. It gives a way into a large body of work. I had many favorites and enjoyed the visits to each region. I happened to read it straight through, but there is no “correct” way to experience an anthology. It is a wonderful journey. Come along. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Chris and Emily of the Book Cougars join me for part 1 of our joint readalong. I also recorded the group discussion some of the Reading Envy Readers had, so I've included the majority of that discussion as well. It makes the episode slightly longer than usual, but I figure if you were in on discussing this amazing anthology, you'd likely be in for both discussions.

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This is a great collection of indigenous tribes from all across the modern United States. These poems deal with everything from creation stories to everyday life and Indian boarding schools. The inclusion of people‘s from modern day Alaska and Hawaii was really cool. I also liked that they included LGBTQIA voices from within their communities. There was even one poem dedicated to “Native American two-spirit-identified” (non binary) people.

I love this spin on Hamlet.
#JoyHarjo #WhenTheLightOfTheWorldWasSubduedOurSongsCameThrough #Poetry #IndigenousVoices @CBee

This is a far more accurate version of this song. We should teach children this version, sit proudly where they sing these truths, and just maybe things will get a little better.
#JoyHarjo #WhenTheLightOfTheWorldWasSubduedOurSongsCameThrough #Poetry #IndigenousVoices @CBee

I didn‘t notice before that this is a Norton Anthology. This bad boy is going to keep me in poetry for quite a while.
#JoyHarjo #WhenTheLightOfTheWorldWasSubduedOurSongsCameThrough #Poetry #IndigenousVoices

Edited by U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, this Norton anthology of Native Nations poetry is long overdue but a masterpiece. More than 160 poets from more than 100 different indigenous nations are represented. At times heartbreaking and infuriating, the poems do not shy away from the historical treatment of native peoples but find hope & affirmation. Highly recommended.

I got these two poetry collections as part of my 2021 reading of (and about) indigenous peoples.
#integrateyourshelf #JoyHarjo #NatalieDiaz #poetry #Joetry2021

Look what came in the mail today.

#Bookmail is the best mail.

Thanks, Bookshop

Just heard about this book and it‘s out today. #excited

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52247906