Rock, Ghost, Willow, Deer: A Story of Survival by Allison Adelle Hedge Coke (Eng

Description: Rock, Ghost, Willow, Deer by Allison Adelle Hedge Coke Refers to life-revelations guiding the award-winning poet and writer through her many trials. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Rock, Ghost, Willow, Deer is Allison Adelle Hedge Cokes searching account of her life as a mixed-blood woman coming of age off reservation, yet deeply immersed in her Huron, Metis, and Cherokee heritage. In a style at once elliptical and achingly clear, Hedge Coke details her mothers schizophrenia; the domestic and community abuse overshadowing her childhood; and torments both visited upon her-(rape and violence) and inflicted on herself (alcohol and drug abuse during her youth). Yet she managed to survive with her dreams and her will, her sense of wonder and promise undiminished.The title Rock, Ghost, Willow, Deer refers to life-revelations guiding the award-winning poet and writer through her many trials, as well as her labors in tobacco fields, factories, construction, and fishing; her motherhood; her involvement with music and performance; and the melding of language and experience that brought order to her life. Hedge Coke shares insights gathered along the way, insights touching on broader Native issues such as modern life in the diaspora; lack of a national eco-ethos; the threat of alcohol, drug abuse, and violence; and the ongoing onslaught on self amid a complex, mixed heritage. Author Biography Allison Adelle Hedge Coke currently teaches in the MFA program at the University of Central Oklahoma, is a Great Plains Fellow at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, and teaches in the MFA program at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. She is the author of The Year of the Rat, Dog Road Woman (winner of the American Book Award), Off-Season City Pipe, and Blood Run, and she most recently edited Sing: Poetry from the Indigenous Americas and Effigies. Table of Contents List of IllustrationsAcknowledgments1. Of Seeds2. From Winds3. When Fire and Water Meet4. Ashes5. Back to the Lands6. Oceans, Rivers7. Crossings Review "Cokes childhood and young adult years as recounted in this gritty and courageous memoir are not only a story of survival but a story of strength." - Campbell Editorial.com "[A] beautifully written, courageous memoir." - Joyce Carol Oates "An extraordinary story of survival, compassion, courage, and a balanced comprehension of acceptance and the will to live." - Maggie Necefer, Multicultural Review "Telling is one thing. Thats what we do when we tell stories. But coming to know by experience and telling about it is another. Allison Hedge Coke in Rock, Ghost, Willow, Deer shows us knowing in her unique and wonderful way." - Simon J. Ortiz, author of Out There Somewhere "It is through her lush yet controlled use of language that Hedge Coke successfully creates a narrative of both personal and cultural history... She is often unflinchingly succinct in her telling of some painful event, and other times, especially when describing moments when she is close to death, she offers us lyric gems... She travels like a liminal being, moving fluidly across boundaries between prose and poetry, dream and reality, myth and history, animal and human, the personal and political." - Mira Bartok, Fourth Genre "Allison Hedge Cokes intimate narrative details her journey through suffering to wholeness. Her story will inspire anyone who has faced adversity...[Hedge Cokes] insight is luminous." - Great Plains Quarterly Promotional Refers to life-revelations guiding the award-winning poet and writer through her many trials. Long Description "Rock, Ghost, Willow, Deer" is Allison Adelle Hedge Cokes searching account of her life as a mixed-blood woman coming of age off reservation, yet deeply immersed in her Huron, Metis, and Cherokee heritage. In a style at once elliptical and achingly clear, Hedge Coke details her mothers schizophrenia, the domestic and community abuse overshadowing her childhood, and torments both visited upon her (rape and violence) and inflicted on herself (alcohol and drug abuse during her youth). Yet she managed to survive with her dreams and her will, her sense of wonder and promise undiminished. The title "Rock, Ghost, Willow, Deer "refers to life-revelations guiding the award-winning poet and writer through her many trials, as well as her labors in tobacco fields, factories, construction, and fishing; her motherhood; her involvement with music and performance; and the melding of language and experience that brought order to her life. Hedge Coke shares insights gathered along the way, insights touching on broader Native issues such as modern life in the diaspora; lack of a national eco-ethos; the threat of alcohol, drug abuse, and violence; and the ongoing onslaught on self amid a complex mixed heritage. Review Quote "Telling is one thing. Thats what we do when we tell stories. But coming to know by experience and telling about it is another. Allison Hedge Coke in "Rock, Ghost, Willow, Deer" shows us knowing in her unique and wonderful way."--Simon J. Ortiz, author of "Out There Somewhere"--Simon J. Ortiz Promotional "Headline" Refers to life-revelations guiding the award-winning poet and writer through her many trials. Details ISBN0803248466 Author Allison Adelle Hedge Coke Short Title ROCK GHOST WILLOW DEER Series American Indian Lives Language English ISBN-10 0803248466 ISBN-13 9780803248465 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2014 Subtitle A Story of Survival Country of Publication United States DEWEY 811.6 Birth 1958 UK Release Date 2014-01-01 AU Release Date 2014-01-01 NZ Release Date 2014-01-01 US Release Date 2014-01-01 Pages 226 Publisher University of Nebraska Press Publication Date 2014-01-01 Illustrations 9 photographs Audience Professional & Vocational Imprint Bison Books Place of Publication Nebraska We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159493013;

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