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Leslie Marmon Silko (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
Biography
Leslie Marmon Silko was born with a diverse heritage derived from her mixed ancestry (Laguna Pueblo, Mexican, and white). Much of her work examines the culture of Native Americans as it conflicts and combines with those of Mexican Americans and Anglo-Americans in the Southwest. Her biography, mostly revealed through her stories, resonates with the pain of cultural collisions and racism. It also acknowledges, in a self-assured tone, the value of multiplicity, of perceiving things in more than one way as a method of surviving in the modern world.
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Storyteller (Nonfiction) -
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Storyteller’s Escape, The (Poetry) -
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Native American Long Fiction (Topical Overview--Long Fiction) -
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Theory of Short Fiction (Topical Overview--Short Fiction)
