What the Chickadee Knows

by Margaret Noodin

Modern poems conceived first in Anishinaabemowin and then in English.

Margaret Noodin explains in the preface of her new poetry collection, What the Chickadee Knows (Gijigijigaaneshiinh Gikendaan), "Whether we hear giji-giji-gaane-shii-shii or chick-a-dee-dee-dee depends on how we have been taught to listen. Our world is shaped by the sounds around us and the filter we use to turn thoughts into words. The lines...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814347509
• ISBN13: 9780814347508
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"