The sweetest little spirit I know has volunteered his services as reading buddy while I hunker down with MEAN SPIRIT. It‘s a fictionalized take on the events everyone now knows from KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON, written by a Chickasaw woman, and it‘s excellent so far. I hope I can scrounge lots of time with it tonight.
pickStunning and transformative. These pieces brought the oldest myths and traditions into the world we live in now, and merged the two like a double exposed photograph. It showed beauty in places we typically don‘t see it, and exposed an authenticity to certain rituals in ways I‘d never fully understood before.
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Once again a poem in my morning poetry book was inspired by a specific song, and since I don‘t know much about jazz listening to this with Joy Harjo‘s words in mind was revelatory.
https://open.spotify.com/track/55GY76amiMF9wjAeto5vco?si=qUyicB1ORlOcKWYDuqGDwQ&...
(I couldn‘t find a link to the poem, but it‘s The Other Side of Yellow to Blue in the Tagged book).
pickAn older book, but a very good read. Ultimately, it‘s about a lifestyle that was changed by colonization, and what the Ojibwe lost. We can, and still need to, learn so much from the indigenous people. A simple read, but with a lot behind it.
pickStanding Bear was a Ponca chief who fought for the rights of his tribe. Despite continuously being moved from place to place, with no control over where they were sent, he was a calm and steady prescience for his people. They wanted to work the land in peace & he was able to fight for that right in court. It's an incredible & heartbreaking story. If you want to learn more about the Trail of Tears and what it was truly like, please read this one.
I have always wanted to use this diagram to share my reading; apologizes to source creator of the art since I failed to note where this originates. Please tag yourself! Thank you 🙏
March 2024 best read = Mean Spirit / Linda Hogan, Book #26 2024. (#ReadICT : indigenous author)
February = Blackouts / Justin Torres, Book #11 - winner ToB XX
January = Clare Pooley's The Authenticity Project, Book #5. (Also #ReadICT : lost/found category)
pickMean Spirit is better!! Or maybe, I can suggest that if you liked/appreciated Grann‘s NF book: Killers of the Flower Moon, you must please seek out Mean Spirit to get a fabulously told story with heart & grit with the Indigenous Peoples perspective.
(In further study, FYI, Hogan was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize with Mean Spirit.)
#ReadICT category Indigenous author
Copper helping with the photo shoot . . . NOT 🤣🐶
#ReadICT category Indigenous ✍️ Author
