Ocean Power: Poems from the Desert (Volume 32) (Sun Tracks)

Zepeda, Ofelia

ISBN 10: 0816515417 / ISBN 13: 9780816515417

Published by University of Arizona Press, 1995

About this Item

Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ocean Power: Poems from the Desert (Volume 32) (Sun Tracks)
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0816515417
• ISBN 13: 9780816515417
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

The annual seasons and rhythms of the desert are a dance of clouds, wind, rain, and flood—water in it roles from bringer of food to destroyer of life. The critical importance of weather and climate to native desert peoples is reflected with grace and power in this personal collection of poems, the first written creative work by an individual in O'odham and a landmark in Native American literature.

Poet Ofelia Zepeda centers these poems on her own experiences growing up in a Tohono O'odham family, where desert climate profoundly influenced daily life, and on her perceptions as a contemporary Tohono O'odham woman. One section of poems deals with contemporary life, personal history, and the meeting of old and new ways. Another section deals with winter and human responses to light and air. The final group of poems focuses on the nature of women, the ocean, and the way the past relationship of the O'odham with the ocean may still inform present day experience. These fine poems will give the outside reader a rich insight into the daily life of the Tohono O'odham people.

From the Back Cover

The critical importance of weather and climate to native desert peoples is reflected with grace and power in this personal collection of poems, the first written creative work by an individual in Tohono O'odham and English, a landmark in Native American literature.