Calling Myself Home (Identities and Issues in Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Linda Hogan
- First Published: 1978
- Genres: Poetry
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Twentieth century, Native Americans or American Indians, Southwest, Metamorphosis or transmogrification, Turtles, Fishes, Rain
The Work
The collection Calling Myself Home includes ten poems in the first section, “By the Dry Pond,” dedicated to the author’s sister. The second part has sixteen poems under the heading “Heritage.” The first ten poems are reflective meditations that turn to an arid and materially impoverished landscape, yet the poems present memories full of wonder and reverent attention to details of landscape, as well as awareness of connectedness to a historic and prehistoric past. The frequent references to the ancient turtle inhabiting the now-dry pond, for instance,...
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