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Marcie Rendon

    Marcie R. Rendon è un'affermata membro della Nazione White Earth Anishinabe, nota per il suo lavoro di scrittrice e artista performativa. I suoi contributi letterari sono profondamente radicati nella sua eredità Anishinabe, offrendo ai lettori profonde intuizioni sulle esperienze e le tradizioni indigene. La scrittura di Rendon esplora le complessità della vita, della famiglia e delle narrazioni storiche, portando una voce unica e autentica alla letteratura contemporanea. Il suo approccio è caratterizzato da una profonda connessione con la narrazione, informata dai suoi studi e dalla sua pratica artistica.

    Anishinaabe Songs for a New Millennium
    Sinister Graves
    Sinister Graves
    Stitches of Tradition (Gashkigwaaso Tradition)
    Murder on the Red River
    Girl Gone Missing
    • The story centers on the wisdom passed down through generations, encapsulated in the phrase "live a good life." It explores themes of cultural heritage, the importance of family, and the guidance of elders. Through the relationship between a grandmother and her granddaughter, the narrative emphasizes the significance of living with purpose and honor, reflecting on the values that shape one's identity and choices in life.

      Stitches of Tradition (Gashkigwaaso Tradition)2024
    • "In Anishinaabe Songs for a New Millennium, Marcie R. Rendon summons her ancestors' songs, and her poem-songs evoke the world still unfolding around us, reflecting our place in time for future generations. Bringing memory to life, the senses to attention, she breaks the boundaries that time would impose, carrying the Anishinaabe way of life forward in the world"--

      Anishinaabe Songs for a New Millennium2024
    • "A snowmelt has sent floodwaters down to the fields of the Red River Valley, dragging the body of an unidentified Native woman into the town of Ada. The only evidence the medical examiner recovers is a torn piece of paper inside her bra: a hymnal written in English and Ojibwe. Cash Blackbear, a 19-year-old Ojibwe woman, sometimes helps Sheriff Wheaton, her guardian, on his investigations. Now she knows her search for justice for this anonymous victim will take her to the White Earth Reservation, a place she once called home. When Cash happens upon two small graves in the yard of a rural, "speak-in-tongues kinda church," Cash is pulled into the lives of the malevolent pastor and his troubled wife while yet another Native woman dies in a mysterious manner"-- Provided by publisher

      Sinister Graves2022
    • Girl Gone Missing

      • 208pagine
      • 8 ore di lettura

      Nothing in Renee Blackbear's world had prepared her for college or for the hurt that happens in the Twin Cities.

      Girl Gone Missing2019
      4,0
    • Murder on the Red River

      • 208pagine
      • 8 ore di lettura

      A murdered man in a field. The sheriff needs Cash--a twenty-something tough, smart Indian woman with special seeing powers.

      Murder on the Red River2017
      3,7