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Ocean Power: Poems from the Desert Volume 32
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Ocean Power: Poems from the Desert Volume 32 Paperback - 1995

by Ofelia Zepeda

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The annual seasons and rhythms of the desert are a dance of clouds, wind, rain, and flood--water in it roles from bringer of food to destroyer of life. The critical importance of weather and climate to native desert peoples is reflected with grace and power in this personal collection of poems, the first written creative work by an individual in O'odham and a landmark in Native American literature.

Poet Ofelia Zepeda centers these poems on her own experiences growing up in a Tohono O'odham family, where desert climate profoundly influenced daily life, and on her perceptions as a contemporary Tohono O'odham woman. One section of poems deals with contemporary life, personal history, and the meeting of old and new ways. Another section deals with winter and human responses to light and air. The final group of poems focuses on the nature of women, the ocean, and the way the past relationship of the O'odham with the ocean may still inform present day experience. These fine poems will give the outside reader a rich insight into the daily life of the Tohono O'odham people.

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The critical importance of weather and climate to native desert peoples is reflected with grace and power in this personal collection of poems, the first written creative work by an individual in Tohono O'odham and English, a landmark in Native American literature.

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  • Title Ocean Power: Poems from the Desert Volume 32
  • Author Ofelia Zepeda
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 100
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Arizona Press, Tucson, Arizona, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 1995-03-01
  • Features Dust Cover
  • ISBN 9780816515417 / 0816515417
  • Weight 0.38 lbs (0.17 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.75 x 6.15 x 0.36 in (22.23 x 15.62 x 0.91 cm)
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: Native American
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
    • Topical: Women's Interest
  • Category Poetry
  • Library of Congress subjects Indians of North America - Arizona, Tohono O'Odham Indians
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 94018732
  • Dewey Decimal Code 811.540

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  • Library Journal, 03/15/1995, Page 73

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