Primer of the Obsolete

by Diane Glancy

This remarkable collection of poems explores the conjoined cultures of Indian and European, the revisions the conquered race must face, and the disruption that results from the attempt to combine divergent cultures in a single being. These poems speak from a four-cornered world; Cherokee and white, Christian and conjuring. They attempt to retrieve fragments of language from a nearly erased culture. At times, they speak in the spirit of the remembered...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558494448
• ISBN13: 9781558494442
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 53 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.2" x 9.0"