The two-hundred-year-old myth of the vanishing American Indian still holds some credence in the American Southeast, the region from which tens of thousands of Indians were relocated after passage of the Indian Removal Act in 1830. Yet, as the editors of this volume amply demonstrate, a significant Indian population remained behind after those massive relocations.
The first anthology to focus on the literary work of Native Americans who trace their ancestry to people who stayed in southeastern states after 1830, this volume represents every state and every genre, including short stories,...
The two-hundred-year-old myth of the vanishing American Indian still holds some credence in the American Southeast, the region from which tens of t...
"Seven Boxes for the Country After is a book about a way-making and way-finding. It is a journey, both internal and external, across a map, over borders, through a life, and in a body. It is passage and pilgrimage, odyssey and exile. Above all it is a book of questions. What do we carry with us and what do we leave behind? Where do we keep the past and what do we keep it in? How do we measure a person, a country, a love, a loss? What do we remember? What can't we forget? What do we declare and what do we declare it with: our words and mouths? our bodies and hands? in blue ink or black? If...
"Seven Boxes for the Country After is a book about a way-making and way-finding. It is a journey, both internal and external, across a map, over bo...
