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The astonishing, powerful debut by the winner of a 2016 Whiting Writers AwardWHEREAS her birth signaled the responsibility as mother to teach what it is to be Lakota therein the question What did I know about being Lakota Signaled panic, blood rush my embarrassment What did I know of our language but pieces Would I teach her to be pieces Until a friend comforted, Don t worry, you and your daughter will learn together Today she stood sunlight on her shoulders lean and straight to share a song in Din , her father s language To sing she motions simultaneously with her hands I watch her be in multiple musics. from WHEREAS Statements WHEREAS confronts the coercive language of the United States government in its responses, treaties, and apologies to Native American peoples and tribes, and reflects that language in its officiousness and duplicity back on its perpetrators Through a virtuosic array of short lyrics, prose poems, longer narrative sequences, resolutions, and disclaimers, Layli Long Soldier has created a brilliantly innovative text to examine histories, landscapes, her own writing, and her predicament inside national affiliations I am, she writes, a citizen of the United States and an enrolled member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, meaning I am a citizen of the Oglala Lakota Nation and in this dual citizenship I must work, I must eat, I must art, I must mother, I must friend, I must listen, I must observe, constantly I must live This strident, plaintive book introduces a major new voice in contemporary literature. New Read eBook Whereas by Layli Long Soldier – kino-fada.fr Before I read these poems for the first time, I listened to an interview with Layli Long Solder on the On Being Podcast, which helped provide some context for the poems Krista Tippett doesn t always get it right, but her questions were often good places to start the discussion Layli Long Soldier does not want to be seen as a representative voice, which should be understandable, but if you read reviews of this collection you will see how many people get it wrong The poems reflect her own exper Before I read these poems for the first time, I listened to an interview with Layli Long Solder on the On Being Podcast, which helped provide some context for the poems Krista Tippett doesn t always get it right, but her questions were ofte...Find this and other Reviews at In Tori LexThese poems are memorable and moving, but most of all they re important Being Native American is existing in a place that has massacred and stolen from your ancestors and now expects you to be appreciative for surviving This poetry explores how hard it is to gain understanding from a government that downp...4.5 that I m rounding up, because the poems contained within are beautiful, raw, angry, resigned, joyful, bodily real.My lengthy review is now online This was an amazing poetry collection4.5 stars, rounded up for it s rawness I ll admit I don t know a lot about poetry, but I thought this book was fantastic It made me FEEL so much It s so sad and beautiful and so worth reading.I felt out of my depth with this one Some parts I loved, some went over my head My favourite part was the discussion of the inadequacy of the congressional apology to Native Americans It was well thought out and did interesting things with lan...I can t get over this book It arrived on my doorstep yesterday, and already I have read through it 2 1 2 times The 1 2 times being the poems I keep reading obsessively, like I do my favorite songs Now I am going to go read it again.I find it hard to rate this book I feel it is one of those books where any rating would take away from the message and power it clearly holds.Thanks to Graywolf for the ARC WHEREAS is a breathtaking innovation These poems breathe and grow and puncture they consider grass and national identity and language and writing Long Soldier wonders how we can capture a thing by assigning it a name, assigning words to it Can we , and especially how a government can atone for genocide It is a song against silencing, against over simplification, against homogenization, against misunderstanding, against misremembering, against nationalism I Thanks to Graywolf for the ARC WHEREAS is a breathtaking innovation These poems breathe and grow and puncture they consider grass and national identity and language and writing Long Soldier wonders how we can capture...Incredibly powerful Essential reading.

Whereas
  • 18 October 2017
  • Paperback
  • 114 pages
  • 1555977677
  • Layli Long Soldier
  • Whereas