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Synopsis
Dragonfly Dance is a collection of poems remarkable for their candor and sense of catharsis. Writing from the vantage point of an American Indian women, Denise Lajimodiere opens a door into the lives of Native girls and women. Her poems often reflect the deep tensions between Native culture and white culture.
Reflected in Lajimodiere's poems, life is sometimes beautiful but rarely easy. "The Necklace," the narrator details how her mother repaired a favorite beaded necklace, "her arthritic fingers patiently / threading beads / on the long thin needle, weaving / night after night." When the necklace is finally repaired, she wears it to school where
At recess a White boy
ran by, yanked
it off my neck and threw it.
I watched as it ascended
high above the blacktop,
the beads glittered, scattering their light,
a rainbow against gray skies.
Unadorned, direct, and often raw, these riveting poems sear their way into our imaginations, inviting us into a world we might never have known. We are richer for the knowledge.
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About the Author
Denise K. Lajimodiere is a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Pembina Chippewa. She is an Assistant Professor at North Dakota State University.
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- PublisherMichigan State University Press
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 0870139827
- ISBN 13 9780870139826
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages93
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