Speak Like Singing: Classics of Native American Literature

by Kenneth Lincoln

Book Overview

Speak Like Singing focuses on select Native American writers showcasing the distinct voices and tribal diversities of living Indians. Through the pan-tribal medium of English, a second language for some and now a mother tongue for most, many of these Native writers begin as poets and go on to write novels. Pulitzer novelist and Kiowa poet N. Scott Momaday says, "I believe that a good many Indian writers rely upon a kind of poetic expression...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826341691
• ISBN13: 9780826341693
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 383 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"