I Tell You Now: Autobiographical Essays by Native American Writers

Presents the memories, experiences, and impressions of eighteen American Indian and Eskimo writers

Brian Swann is a professor of English at the Cooper Union in New York City. A widely published author of poetry and fiction, he has written Song of the Sky: Versions of Native American Songs and Poems (1985) and has edited Smoothing the Ground: Essays on Native American Oral Literature (1982).

Arnold Krupat, a professor of literature at Sarah Lawrence College, is the author of many articles on Native American literature and of For Those Who Come After: A Study of Native American Autobiography (1985).

The contributors are Mary TallMountain, Ralph Salisbury, Maurice Kenny, Elizabeth Cook-Lynn, Carter Revard, Jim Barnes, Gerald Vizenor, Jack D. Forbes, Duane Niatum, Paula Gunn Allen, Jimmie Durham, Diane Glancy, Simon J. Ortiz, Joseph Bruchac, Barney Bush, Linda Hogan, Wendy Rose, and Joy Harjo.