Category: Poetry

  • Earthquake Weather University of Arizona Press 1996 87 pages 5.5 x 8.5 Paper ISBN: 978-0-8165-1630-8 Janice Gould It’s unmistakable, that strangely calm air and sky that signals big change ahead: earthquake weather. These are familiar signs to Janice Gould, a poet, a lesbian, and a mixed-blood California Indian of Koyangk’auwi Maidu descent. Her sense of…

  • Among Native American writers of mixed-blood heritage, few have expressed their concerns with personal identity with as much passion as Wendy Rose. A mainstay among American Indian poets whose work addresses these issues, she is a writer with whom readers of diverse ethnic backgrounds have consistently identified.

  • Cue Lazarus University of Arizona Press 2001 76 pages 6.0 x 9.0 Paper ISBN: 978-0-8165-2074-9 Carl Marcum A ’77 Pinto. Two boys “a few months from their driver’s license.” And in the back seat, a ghost of the present observing this scene refracted by memory.  In this collection of poetry by Carl Marcum, a young…

  • Salt-sweat & Tears Cinnamon Press March 2007 80 pages 21 x 14 x 0.8 cm Paperback ISBN 10: 1905614187; ISBN-13: 978-1905614189 Louisa Adjoa Parker Of Ghanaian-British descent Louisa Adjoa Parker explores issues of identity, belonging, family and relationships in raw, honest, but crafted pieces. Mulatto Girl See the mulatto girl walking down country lanes and…

  • In a book-length lyric narrative inspired by history and imagination, a much celebrated poet re-creates the life of a nineteenth-century virtuoso violinist.