Elderberry Flute Song: Contemporary Coyote Tales
- ISBN-10
- 1893996565
- ISBN-13
- 9781893996564
- Category
- Fiction / General
- Pages
- 138
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- White Pine Press
Description
These Coyote tales are funny, profound, sometimes sad, and always wise. Blue Cloud's style and power have made this book a classic. These tales take coyote from his mythic beginnings to the present in stories that show his enduring vitality.
"Blue Cloud's poems are living proof that the power and beauty of the Old Way cannot be lost. . . . Blue Cloud does nothing glamorous: he speaks from his own heart and life. He is a true poet, at home in all times, everywhere." --Gary Snyder
Peter Blue Cloudis a Mohawk who now lives on the reserve in Kahnawake, Quebec. Winner of an American Book Award, he is the author of numerous collections, includingClans of Many Nations.
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Other editions
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- 1982-01-01
- 142 pages
- Paperback
- Trumansburg, N.Y. : Crossing Press
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