| Claiming Breath Contributor(s): Glancy, Diane (Author) |
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ISBN: 0803270666 ISBN-13: 9780803270664 Publisher: Bison Books OUR PRICE: $12.56 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1996 Annotation: Like poets of legend, Diane Glacy has spent much of her life on the road. For years she supported her family by driving throughout Oklahoma and Arkansas teaching poetry in the schools. 'Claiming Breath' is an account of one of those years, what Glancy calls 'a winter count of sorts, a calendar, a diary of personal matters...and a final acceptance of the broken past...It's a year that covers more than a year.' |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - Native American & Aboriginal |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 91024637 |
| Lexile Measure: 890 |
| Series: North American Indian Prose Award |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.04" W x 8.34" (0.40 lbs) 119 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Like poets of legend, Diane Glancy has spent much of her life on the road. For years she supported her family by driving throughout Oklahoma and Arkansas teaching poetry in the schools. Claiming Breath is an account of one of those years, what Glancy calls "a winter count of sorts, a calendar, a diary of personal matters . . . and a final acceptance of the broken past. . . . It's a year that covers more than a year." Diane Glancy teaches creative writing and Native American literature at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota. Her collections of poetry, Iron Woman, and of short fiction, Trigger Dance, have also won major prizes. |