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Description
In powerful language that reflects the conflicts between the primitive and the sophisticated, Joan Crate redreams the passions which animated and tormented her famous predecessor. Part white, part Mohawk princess, Pauline Johnson /Tekahionwake would perform her poems first in buckskin, then, after the intermission, in silk.
Contributor Notes
Joan Crate was born in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. Her numerous publications include poetry and short stories inGrain, Secrets from the Orange Couch, blue buffalo, and the Calgary Herald
Editorial Review
"Crate's gift is the way she can bring difficult or painful history to light without diminishing the dignity of her subject ... "--Tanis MacDonald, Prairie Fire Review of Books
" ... A first rate collection of poems ... It's difficult to describe the intense feeling of loneliness that permeates this book, the nearest comparison I could draw is to Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping..."--Norm Sacuta, Edmonton Journal
" ... Reminiscent of Margaret Atwood's foray into pioneer Susanna Moodie's psyche and circumstance ... perfectly capture [Pauline Johnson]'s situation and the stimulus of her art."--Lee Briscoe Thompson, Canadian Literature
