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Storyteller is a collection of works, including photographs, poetry, and short stories by Leslie Marmon Silko.It is her second published book, following Ceremony.The work is a combination of stories and poetry inspired by traditional Laguna Pueblo storytelling. [1]
Leslie Marmon Silko (born Leslie Marmon; born March 5, 1948) is an American writer. A woman of Laguna Pueblo descent, she is one of the key figures in the First Wave of what literary critic Kenneth Lincoln has called the Native American Renaissance .
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In contrast, Silko shares poems and Laguna creation legends that keep the story grounded in tradition. Since the publication of Ceremony, author Leslie Marmon Silko has achieved much acclaim within Native American literary communities. In 1994, Silko was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Native Writers Circle of the Americas.
The map depicts Silko's stylized version of the locations featured in the novel, with lines radiating outward from Tucson, Arizona to New Jersey in the northeast, San Diego in the west, and Tuxtla Gutiérrez in the Mexican state of Chiapas in the south. Other cities and towns in the US and Mexico are accompanied by character names and notes ...
Leslie Marmon Silko accused Erdrich's The Beet Queen of being more concerned with postmodern technique than with the political struggles of Native peoples. [36] Tracks (1988) goes back to the early 20th century at the formation of the reservation. It introduces the trickster figure of Nanapush, who owes a clear debt to Ojibwe figure Nanabozho. [37]
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Leslie Marmon Silko (Laguna descent), Ceremony (1977) Gerald Vizenor , Darkness in Saint Louis Bearheart (1978) James Welch (Blackfeet and A'aninin), Winter in the Blood (1974) Joy Harjo (Muscogee Nation), The Last Song (1975) Simon J. Ortiz , From Sand Creek: Rising In This Heart Which Is Our America (1981)