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A Radiant Curve

Poems and Stories

By: Luci Tapahonso

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In this sixth collection of stories and verse, award-winning writer Luci Tapahonso finds sacredness in everyday life. Viewing a sunset in a desert sky, listening to her granddaughter recount how she spent her day, or visiting her mother after her father's passing, she finds traces of her own memories, along with echoes of the voices of her Navajo ancestors. These engaging words draw us into a workaday world that, magically but never surprisingly, has room for the Diyin Dine’é (the Holy People), Old Salt Woman, and Dawn Boy. When she describes her grandson’s First Laugh Ceremony—explaining that it was originally performed for White Shell Girl, who grew up to be Changing Woman—her account enriches us and we long to hear more. Tapahonso weaves the Navajo language into her work like she weaves “the first four rows of black yarn” into a rug she is making “for my little grandson, who inherited my father’s name: Hastiin Tsétah Naaki Bísóí.” As readers, we find that we too are surrounded by silent comfort, held lovingly in the confident hands of an accomplished writer who has a great deal to tell us about life.

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University of Arizona Press

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0816547955

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9780816547951

Blue Horses Rush In

Poems and Stories

By: Luci Tapahonso

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Blue Horses Rush In

Poems and Stories

By: Luci Tapahonso

Wrapped in blankets and looking at the stars, a young Navajo girl listened long ago to stories that would guide her for the rest of her life. "Such summer evenings were filled with quiet voices, dogs barking far away, the fire crackling, and often we could hear the faint drums and songs of a ceremony somewhere in the distance," writes Luci Tapahonso in this compelling collection. Blue Horses Rush In takes its title from a poem about the birth of her granddaughter Chamisa, whose heart "pounded quickly and we recognized / the sound of horses running: / the thundering of hooves on the desert floor." Through such personal insights, this collection follows the cycle of a woman's life and underlines what it means to be Navajo in the late twentieth century. The book marks a major accomplishment in American literature for its successful blending of Navajo cultural values and forms with the English language, while at the same time retaining the Navajo character. Here, Luci Tapahonso walks slowly through an ancient Hohokam village, recalling stories passed down from generation to generation. Later in the book, she may tell a funny story about a friend, then, within a few pages, describe family rituals like roasting green chiles or baking bread in an outside oven. Throughout, Tapahonso shares with readers her belief in the power of pollen and prayer feathers and sacred songs. Many of these stories were originally told in Navajo, taking no longer than ten minutes in the telling. "Yet, in recreating them, it is necessary to describe the land, the sky, the light, and other details of time and place," writes Tapahonso. "In this way, I attempt to create and convey the setting for the oral text. In writing, I revisit the place or places concerned and try to bring the reader to them, thereby enabling myself and other Navajos to sojourn mentally and emotionally in our home, Dinétah.

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126

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University of Arizona Press

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0816536058

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9780816536054

Songs of Shiprock Fair

By: Luci Tapahonso

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Songs of Shiprock Fair

By: Luci Tapahonso

A young Navajo girl enjoys every part of the annual Shiprock Fair, including the dances, parade, carnival, exhibits, contests, food, and the chance to visit with relatives.

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Kiva Publishing

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1885772114

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S‡anii Dahataa_, the Women are Singing

Poems and Stories

By: Luci Tapahonso

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S‡anii Dahataa_, the Women are Singing

Poems and Stories

By: Luci Tapahonso

A cycle of poetry and stories by the Navajo writer explores her memories of home in Shiprock, New Mexico; of significant events such as birth, partings, and reunions; and of life with her family. By the author of Seasonal Woman. Simultaneous.

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0816513619

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9780816513611

Sáanii Dahataal/The Women Are Singing

Poems and Stories

By: Luci Tapahonso

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Sáanii Dahataal/The Women Are Singing

Poems and Stories

By: Luci Tapahonso

In this cycle of poetry and stories, Navajo writer Luci Tapahonso shares memories of her home in Shiprock, New Mexico, and of the places and people there. Through these celebrations of birth, partings, and reunions, this gifted writer displays both her love of the Navajo world and her resonant use of language. Blending memoir and fiction in the storytelling style common to many Indian traditions, Tapahonso's writing shows that life and death are intertwined, and that the Navajo people live with the knowledge that identity is formed by knowing about the people to whom one belongs. The use of both English and Navajo in her work creates an interplay that may also give readers a new way of understanding their connectedness to their own inner lives and to other people. Luci Tapahonso shows how the details of everyday life—whether the tragedy of losing a loved one or the joy of raising children, or simply drinking coffee with her uncle—bear evidence of cultural endurance and continuity. Through her work, readers may come to better appreciate the different perceptions that come from women's lives.

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0816535086

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9780816535088

A Radiant Curve

Poems and Stories

By: Luci Tapahonso

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A Radiant Curve

Poems and Stories

By: Luci Tapahonso

A collection of stories and poems by Navajo author and poet, Luci Tapahonso, that reflects her own memories along with the voices of her Navajo ancestors. Includes an audio CD of the author reading aloud from her book.

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0816527091

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9780816527090

S‡anii Dahataa_, the Women are Singing

Poems and Stories

By: Luci Tapahonso

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Blue Horses Rush in

Poems and Stories

By: Luci Tapahonso

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0816517282

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Songs of Shiprock Fair

By: Luci Tapahonso

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Songs of Shiprock Fair

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A young Navajo girl enjoys every part of the annual Shiprock Fair, including the dances, parade, carnival, exhibits, contests, food, and the chance to visit with relatives.

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Book's by Luci Tapahonso

A Radiant Curve

A Radiant Curve

Blue Horses Rush In

Blue Horses Rush In

Songs of Shiprock Fair

Songs of Shiprock Fair

S‡anii Dahataa_, the Women are Singing

S‡anii Dahataa_, the Women are Singing

Sáanii Dahataal/The Women Are Singing

Sáanii Dahataal/The Women Are Singing

A Radiant Curve

A Radiant Curve

S‡anii Dahataa_, the Women are Singing

S‡anii Dahataa_, the Women are Singing

Blue Horses Rush in

Blue Horses Rush in

Songs of Shiprock Fair

Songs of Shiprock Fair

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