Living on the Borderlines: Stories
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- Synopsis
- &“Michal&’s debut is thoughtful and generous, capturing the fraught experience of being Native American in the modern U.S.&” —Publishers WeeklyBoth on and off the rez, characters contend with identity as contemporary Haudenosaunee peoples; the stories &“cross bloodlines, heart lines, and cultural lines, powerfully charting what it is to be human in a world that works to divide us&” (Susan Power, author of Sacred Wilderness). In Living on the Borderlines, intergenerational memory and trauma slip into everyday life: a teenager struggles to understand her grandmother&’s silences, a man contemplates what it means to preserve tradition in the wake of the &“disappearing Indian&” myth, and an older woman challenges her town&’s prejudice while uniting an unlikely family. With these stories, debut writer Melissa Michal weaves together an understated and contemplative collection exploring what it means to be Indigenous.&“A beautiful window into understanding Indigenous worldviews . . . This book is an unapologetic contemporary perspective of the truth of healing through Indigenous storytelling.&” —Sarah Eagle Heart, CEO of Native Americans in Philanthropy&“Enlightening and thought-provoking, Michal&’s stories are a pleasure to read and absorb.&” —Booklist&“Melissa Michal writes . . . with a power that will make you want to read and reread these stories.&” —Brooklyn Rail&“A hauntingly beautiful collection of stories of contemporary women and girls who live in the spaces between the reservations and traditional Indigenous territories and rural and urban communities . . . a stunning achievement.&” —Nikki Dragone, visiting assistant professor of Native American studies, Dickinson College
- Copyright:
- 2019
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 250 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781936932474
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781936932467
- Publisher:
- The Feminist Press at CUNY
- Date of Addition:
- 01/23/25
- Copyrighted By:
- Melissa Michal
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.