Weweni

by Margaret Noodin

Book Overview

Depending on dialect, the Anishinaabemowin word "weweni" expresses thanks, exactitude, ease, and sincerity. In addition, the word for "relatives" is "nindenwemaaganag" those whose "enewewe," or voices, sound familiar. In Weweni, poet Margaret Noodin brings all of these meanings to bear in a unique bilingual collection. Noodin's warm and perceptive poems were written first in the Modern Anishinaabemowin double-vowel orthography and appear...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814340385
• ISBN13: 9780814340387
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.2" x 7.7"