Kenny, Maurice - Lisa A. Mitten (review date 1 February 1993)

Lisa A. Mitten (review date 1 February 1993)

SOURCE: A review of Tekonwatonti: Molly Brant (1735–1795); Poems of War, in Library Journal, Vol. 118, No. 2, February 1, 1993, p. 84.

[Below, Mitten comments favorably on Tekonwatonti.]

An excerpt from "Molly: Passions"

    I loathe war and blood; I think constantly
    of spring, wind rustling in green corn,
    violets ripening at the wood's edge,
    young possums sucking life into their jaws.

Maurice Kenny, in his Tekonwatonti/Molly Brant (1735–1795): Poems of War, White Pine Press, 1992.

Written mostly by white males, the history of Native Americans is peopled by warriors and chiefs. Though women have been ignored and trivialized, they have played an important role in the culture and government of their people. Among the Iroquois, for...

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