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American poet Joy Harjo's memoir detailing her journey to becoming a poet, covering her childhood with an abusive stepfather, the Indian arts boarding school she attended, and being a single teenage mother.

"The term 'Apple' is a slur in Native communities across the country. It's for someone supposedly, 'red on the outside, white on the inside.' Eric Gansworth is telling his story in Apple (Skin to the Core). The story of his family, of Onondaga among Tuscaroras, of Native folks everywhere. From the horrible legacy of the government boarding schools, to a boy watching his siblings leave and return and leave again, to a young man fighting to be an artist who straddles two worlds. Eric shatters that slur and reclaims it in verse and prose and imagery that truly lives up to the word heartbreaking"--Jacket flap.

American poet Joy Harjo's memoir detailing her journey to becoming a poet, covering her childhood with an abusive stepfather, the Indian arts boarding school she attended, and being a single teenage mother.

An encyclopedia of Native American literatures featuring articles on individual authors, on individual works, on important characters in works, and on terms and events of historical significance that figure in many of the works.

This volume in the High School Literature Series examines ways to teach the works of Alexie.

Introduces Native American authors and provides a glimpse into their culture, historical perspective, and world-view.

A memoir in which the author describes his upbringing in his grandparent's home where he was loved, nurtured, and encouraged, and tells how he came to fully claim his Abenaki heritage in spite of the fact that his grandfather never admitted to being Native American.

Contains ten essays in which Native American poets, novelists, and playwrights discuss the personal, social, and cultural influences that contributed to their development as writers.

Presents a memoir by Native American writer, Joseph Bruchac, and explains the many paths his life has taken, from "nature nut" to jock to writer, and how he ended up at the end of Ridge Road, a few miles from where his grandparents raised him. Includes additional essay that examines Bruchac's work.