{"product_id":"spirit-matters-white-clay-red-exits-distant-others-paperback","title":"Spirit Matters: White Clay, Red Exits, Distant Others - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGordon Henry\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Spirit Matters \u003c\/i\u003eis haunted by people whose voices are so indelible they speak from a world beyond this one--a powerful country where stories are spells that inhabit the living. Gordon Henry has created a compelling, uncanny book.\"--Louise Erdrich, Pulitzer Prize winner for \u003ci\u003eThe Night Watchman, \u003c\/i\u003ea novel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA major new collection of dazzling, surrealistic, entirely original poems by an American Book Award-winning Ojibwe author, whose work appears in two new Joy Harjo-edited anthologies.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn parcels and particles, letters, images, repetitive themes, rhythms and sounds, \"Spirit Matters\" invites views into shadow spheres, of creative memory, reinvention of storied characters and place, as reminders of how poetry might turn longing, back to the very sound memory makes as we honor the imaginative lives of people and place. A collection of poetry, informed by irretrievable letters of loss, love, trauma, forged by musing on imagined relatives, living, dead, yet to be, shaped by spirit of places of we can never return to without understanding the living power of memory, story and song.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGordon Henry is an enrolled member\/citizen of the White Earth Anishinaabe Nation in Minnesota. He is also a Professor in the English Department at Michigan State University, where he teaches American Indian Literature and Creative Writing. He serves as Senior Editor of the American Indian Studies Series at Michigan State University Press. In 1995, Henry received an American Book Award for his novel the \u003ci\u003eLight People\u003c\/i\u003e and his poetry, fiction and essays have been published extensively in the U.S. and Europe. In 2004, he co-published an educational reader on Ojibwe people with George Cornell. In 2007, Henry published a mixed-genre collection, \u003ci\u003eThe Failure of Certain Charms\u003c\/i\u003e, with Salt Publishing. More recently Henry's writing has appeared in, \u003ci\u003eBob Seger's House\u003c\/i\u003e, (Wayne State University Press); \u003ci\u003eIperstoria\u003c\/i\u003e, a literary journal from the University of Verona, Italy; \u003ci\u003eRevolucion: A Cuban Journal, of Havana; New Poets of Native Nations; Poetry; Wassafiri;\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWhen the Light of the World was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through \u003c\/i\u003e(2020) and \u003ci\u003eLiving Nations, Living Words\u003c\/i\u003e (2021)--two poetry anthologies edited by Joy Harjo. He lives in Empire, Michigan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e--Gordon Henry\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGordon Henry\u003c\/b\u003e is an enrolled member\/citizen of the White Earth Anishinaabe Nation in Minnesota. He is also a Professor in the English Department at Michigan State University, where he teaches American Indian Literature and Creative Writing. He serves as Senior Editor of the American Indian Studies Series at Michigan State University Press. In 1995, Henry received an American Book Award for his novel the \u003ci\u003eLight People\u003c\/i\u003e and his poetry, fiction and essays have been published extensively in the U.S. and Europe. In 2004, he co-published an educational reader on Ojibwe people with George Cornell. In 2007, Henry published a mixed-genre collection, \u003ci\u003eThe Failure of Certain Charms\u003c\/i\u003e, with Salt Publishing. More recently Henry's writing has appeared in, \u003ci\u003eBob Seger's House\u003c\/i\u003e, (Wayne State University Press); \u003ci\u003eIperstoria\u003c\/i\u003e, a literary journal from the University of Verona, Italy; \u003ci\u003eRevolucion: A Cuban Journal, of Havana; New Poets of Native Nations; Poetry; Wassafiri;\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWhen the Light of the World was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through \u003c\/i\u003e(2020) and \u003ci\u003eLiving Nations, Living Words\u003c\/i\u003e (2021)--two poetry anthologies edited by Joy Harjo. He lives in Empire, Michigan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 174\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 8.9 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 14, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52728622317875,"sku":"9781737405122","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/WnNKUHJBOVpMcHpISVRXdlRsRGU2dz09.webp?v=1763787658","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/spirit-matters-white-clay-red-exits-distant-others-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}