Tending the Fire: Native Voices and Portraits

Author:   Christopher Felver ,  Simon J. Ortiz ,  Linda Hogan
Publisher:   University of New Mexico Press
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9780826356451


Pages:   248
Publication Date:   30 March 2017
Format:   Hardback
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Christopher Felver’s Tending the Fire celebrates the poets and writers who represent the wide range of Native American voices in literature today. In these commanding portraits, Felver’s distinctive visual signature and unobtrusive presence capture each artist’s strength, integrity, and character. Accompanying each portrait is a handwritten poem or prose piece that helps reveal the origin of the poet’s language and legends. As the individuals share their unique voices, Tending the Fire introduces us to the diversity and complexity of Native culture through the authors’ generous and passionate stories. Felver’s insightful epilogue reminds us that “Native Americans today are as modern as the Space Age, and each in their own way carries forth the cultural heritage ‘from whence they came.’ Their abiding legacy as the first people of this continent has found its voice in the hard-won wisdom of their art and activism. Let’s learn from this belated opportunity to look and listen to these Native voices.”

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Author:   Christopher Felver ,  Simon J. Ortiz ,  Linda Hogan
Publisher:   University of New Mexico Press
Imprint:   University of New Mexico Press
Dimensions:   Width: 22.90cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 30.50cm
Weight:   1.451kg
ISBN:  

9780826356451


ISBN 10:   0826356451
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   30 March 2017
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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"""Felver's portraits, and excerpts from Native American writers, emphasize the interconnectedness of Native communities. . . . A compelling visual and literary introduction to indigenous American authors.""--Foreword Reviews"


Felver's portraits, and excerpts from Native American writers, emphasize the interconnectedness of Native communities. . . . A compelling visual and literary introduction to indigenous American authors.--Foreword Reviews


Felver's portraits, and excerpts from Native American writers, emphasize the interconnectedness of Native communities. . . . A compelling visual and literary introduction to indigenous American authors. --Foreword Reviews


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Christopher Felver’s previous books include American Jukebox: A Photographic Journey, The Importance of Being, The Late Great Allen Ginsberg: A Photo Biography, The Poet Exposed, and Ferlinghetti Portrait. His photographs are distributed worldwide and collected by museums and university libraries. They have been featured in international exhibitions, including the Centre Pompidou, London’s National Theatre, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the National Gallery of Art, and MOCA.

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