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Dog Road Woman: Poems

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Dog Road Woman: Poems

Allison Adelle Hedge Coke

A poetry collection that directly captures memory and selfhood from the perspective of an Indigenous mixed-heritage woman.

poetryIndigenous identitymemoryselfhood

Work Information

Personal memory resonates as social testimony.

Allison Adelle Hedge Coke’s debut collection stands out for its directness and poetic density.

Book Information

Publisher
Coffee House Pr
Published
1997-04-01
Pages
97 pages
Language
英語
Size
15.24 x 0.76 x 22.86 cm
ISBN-13
9781566890618
ISBN-10
1566890616
Price
3110 JPY
Category
洋書/Politics & Social Sciences/Social Sciences/Specific Demographics/Native American Studies

Autobiographical sketch of Hedge Coke, a mixed-blood woman, presented in her debut collection of poems.

Allison Adelle Hedge Coke is the author of the American Book Award-winning debut collection Dog Road Woman and the memoir Rock, Ghost, Willow Deer (University of Nebraska Press). Growing up in North Carolina, Canada, and throughout the Great Plains, Hedge Coke earned her MFA at Vermont College and will join the faculty of Northern Michigan University in January 2005.

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  • Brilliant, transcendent, courageous work. Get it.

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