Leslie Marmon Silko (Critical Survey of Poetry)

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Leslie Marmon Silko published her first and most critically acclaimed novel, Ceremony, in 1977. Later novels include Almanac of the Dead (1991) and Gardens in the Dunes (1999). She has also published many short stories, most notably “The Man to Send Rain Clouds” (1969), “Yellow Woman” (1974), and “Lullaby” (1974).

Nonfiction works include Sacred Water: Narratives and Pictures (1993) and a collection of her essays, Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit: Essays on Native American Life Today (1996). The...

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