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Raven : poems / John Smelcer ; illustrated by Leonard Baskin, Larry Vienneau & Don DeMauro.

Smelcer, John E., 1963- (author.). Baskin, Leonard, 1922-2000 (illustrator.). Vienneau, Larry, (illustrator.). DeMauro, Don, (illustrator.).

Summary:

"Smelcer takes the legendary trickster, Raven, into the Bible, where Raven easily competes with the devil, and then into the contemporary world, where Raven is inserted into various historical events"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781948585033
  • Physical Description: pages cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: Fredonia, NY : Leapfrog Press LLC, 2019.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
The birth of raven -- Ravencolor -- Raven's song of himself -- A lingering doubt -- The day after Saturday -- Creation myth -- Raven and the first people -- Raven's theology -- When god tried to teach -- When god tried to teach -- When god tried to teach -- Raven remembers -- What raven had for breakfast -- The temptation of Eve -- The mark of Cain -- The other temptation of Christ -- Passover, 33 A.D. -- The substitute -- Beowraven -- Raven fly trap -- Raven's vision -- Raven sends out a search party -- Raven's hit list -- Raven remodels the world -- Extinction theory -- Raven and killer whale -- The dog husband -- When raven tried benevolence -- Raven, the problem-solver -- The corpse king -- Raven's mask -- The blue prince -- Stool pigeon -- To build a fire -- Raven Cum Laude -- Heil raven -- New York City, 1969 -- Raven's doppelganger -- A Tibetan myth -- The law of entropy -- Zen raven -- The meaning of life -- Prayer singer -- A minor correction -- Hunter's luck -- When raven was killed -- Hide & seek with raven -- Raven & butterfly -- After a sermon at the church -- Paradise lost -- Unemployment line -- Raven takes a career -- American Indian self-police -- Returning the gift -- Kinship -- Witness -- A raven funeral -- The great religious trial -- A modern day Indian fairy tale -- Roadkill -- The myth-makers imbibe.
Subject:
American poetry > 21st century.

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1001 . ‡aSmelcer, John E., ‡d1963- ‡eauthor.
24010. ‡aPoems. ‡kSelections
24510. ‡aRaven : ‡bpoems / ‡cJohn Smelcer ; illustrated by Leonard Baskin, Larry Vienneau & Don DeMauro.
250 . ‡aFirst edition.
263 . ‡a1907
264 1. ‡aFredonia, NY : ‡bLeapfrog Press LLC, ‡c2019.
300 . ‡apages cm
336 . ‡atext ‡btxt ‡2rdacontent
337 . ‡aunmediated ‡bn ‡2rdamedia
338 . ‡avolume ‡bnc ‡2rdacarrier
520 . ‡a"Smelcer takes the legendary trickster, Raven, into the Bible, where Raven easily competes with the devil, and then into the contemporary world, where Raven is inserted into various historical events"-- ‡cProvided by publisher.
5050 . ‡aThe birth of raven -- Ravencolor -- Raven's song of himself -- A lingering doubt -- The day after Saturday -- Creation myth -- Raven and the first people -- Raven's theology -- When god tried to teach -- When god tried to teach -- When god tried to teach -- Raven remembers -- What raven had for breakfast -- The temptation of Eve -- The mark of Cain -- The other temptation of Christ -- Passover, 33 A.D. -- The substitute -- Beowraven -- Raven fly trap -- Raven's vision -- Raven sends out a search party -- Raven's hit list -- Raven remodels the world -- Extinction theory -- Raven and killer whale -- The dog husband -- When raven tried benevolence -- Raven, the problem-solver -- The corpse king -- Raven's mask -- The blue prince -- Stool pigeon -- To build a fire -- Raven Cum Laude -- Heil raven -- New York City, 1969 -- Raven's doppelganger -- A Tibetan myth -- The law of entropy -- Zen raven -- The meaning of life -- Prayer singer -- A minor correction -- Hunter's luck -- When raven was killed -- Hide & seek with raven -- Raven & butterfly -- After a sermon at the church -- Paradise lost -- Unemployment line -- Raven takes a career -- American Indian self-police -- Returning the gift -- Kinship -- Witness -- A raven funeral -- The great religious trial -- A modern day Indian fairy tale -- Roadkill -- The myth-makers imbibe.
650 0. ‡aAmerican poetry ‡y21st century.
7001 . ‡aBaskin, Leonard, ‡d1922-2000, ‡eillustrator.
7001 . ‡aVienneau, Larry, ‡eillustrator.
7001 . ‡aDeMauro, Don, ‡eillustrator.
963 . ‡aLisa Graziano; phone: 508-274-2710; email: lisa@leapfrogpress.com; bc: lisa@leapfrogpress.com
985 . ‡aLBSORCIP ‡d2018-12-10
901 . ‡a20774086 ‡bSystem Local ‡c44700 ‡tbiblio