Raven : poems / John Smelcer ; illustrated by Leonard Baskin, Larry Vienneau & Don DeMauro.
"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.
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- Subject:
- American poetry > 21st century.
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Lummi Library | PS 3569 .M387 A6 2019 | 290252 | Stacks | Available | - |