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Letter from the Editor
This past year we have lost two respected and well-loved elder writers, Maurice Kenny, who passed in spring 2016, and Doris Seale, who died early this spring. Many of us ... -
Maurice Kenny: In Memoriam
Maurice Kenny was born in Watertown, New York on August 16, 1929 to parents of mixed ethnic heritage; his father, Anthony Andrew Kenny, was of both Mohawk and Irish ancestry, ... -
Suzanne Rancourt--Featured Writer
Writer’s Statement Some quotes like some faces are seared into one’s consciousness. One such quote was from a graduate level faculty member who stated, “You can’t be a writer if ... -
Maurice Kenny: A Tribute in Poetry
Derek C. Maus "Mastery" If ever word there was that needed rescue From overfoul connotation, it might well be this: Master. From Tom Waits’s Renfield shouting it slavishly – “May-aaaaaasss-tuh!” ... -
Remembering Maurice Kenny
Alice Azure It was September of 2012 in Milwaukee. A group of us were packed into a van on our way back to our hotel from the opening ceremonies of ... -
Doris Seale: In Memoriam
I received the letter below, with some of Doris Seale’s poems, from Judy Dow, and reprint that material here with her permission. Judy also supplied the following biography of Doris, ... -
Linda Boyden
To The Young Couple In The Booth Across From Me You looked into each other’s eyes while above you five televisions blared five different games and around you Friday ... -
Stephanie Francis
POETRY skitkomiq kihci-kikuwosson wewehseyutomon ktahkomiq ma-te wen `topeltomuwon ktahkomiq psi-te keq nituwi nutomonon ktahkomihkuk micuwakon, `samaqan, ktahkomonsol… skitkomiq kihci-kikuwosson kilun yut skitkomiq kikon the earth is our ... -
Joseph Lee
The Pageant My earliest memories of the Pageant are of being embarrassed. The Pageant is an annual event my Tribe puts on for non-Tribal members where we dress up in ... -
Asata Radcliffe
Harlan Chronicles Intro to Story The Harlan Chronicles is a forthcoming novella series that follows the life of Harlan Drinkwater, set in a post-reservation dystopia, the first set ...