Exploding Chippewas

The author of these 84 pages of poetry is himself a Chippewa Indian. A member of the Turtle Mountain Band, he lives in Fish Creek , Wisconsin. Four of his pieces, for flavour, are : `Election Day III', `Fists and Fingers Dream', `Battlefield', and `A Very Distant Drumming'. Several pieces begin with the words: `Back when I was an Indian ._._.'. . READ more about : late night cafe, laundromat, porcelain knees, Gitche Manitou, coming rain, Armando, and resurrected. UNillustrated. Cond : Off-white paper wrapper with buckskin coloured titling. Cover image looks like a sampler which features an Indian in traditional headdress. Colours bright. Tight in binding. Minimal wear. Very light general soiling. No names nor marks. Excellent reading copy. QUote (p. 33) : " The thing about him was his voice. Glory, he was angel tongued . Devil, he was like Lucifer with that laugh that made you reach for a rosary. He had the most gentle ._._._. . ".