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An important collection of essays by twenty-six Native American writers that explores their unique lives, art, and the complex issues of identity, compiled by the editors of I Tell You Now- Autobiographical Essays by Native American Writers The stunning essays in Here First demonstrate the breadth of experience of twenty-six individuals united in the creative expression of a Native American heritage. Each has a different relation to that heritage, and in describing it through personal and family history, with verse and in anecdotes, the writers give a strong image of the different cultures that have shaped them. This is a vivid and diverse portrait of Native American culture, a living history and the kind of collective memoir that makes for fascinating and rewarding reading. Contributors include- Sherman Alexie . Carroll Arnett (Gogisgi) . Betty Louise Bell . Duane Bigeagle . Gloria Bird . Kimberly M. Blaeser . Nora Marks Dauenhauer . Charlotte Declue (Kawashinsay) . Anita Endrezze . Hanay Geiogamah . Gordon Henry, Jr., . Patricia Penn Hilden . Roberta Hill . Leanne Howe . Rex Lee Jim . Evelina Zuni Lucero . Louis Owens . W.S. Penn . Greg Sarris . Vickie Sears . John E. Smelcer . Luci Tapahonso . Clifford E. Trafzer . Anna Lee Walters Elizabeth Woody . Ofelia Zepeda

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Arnold Krupat is the author of several books, including The Turn to the Native- Studies in Criticism & Culture and the novel Woodsmen, or Thoreau and the Indians. He teaches at Sarah Lawrence College. Brian Swann has published a number of collections of poetry and fiction, including Wearing the Morning Star- Native American Song-Poems and Coming to Light- Contemporary Translations of the Native Literatures of North America. He teaches at the Cooper Union in New York City.

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