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In the Presence of the Sun: Stories and Poems, 1961-1991
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by N. Scott Momaday

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"In the Presence of the Sun presents 30 years of selected works by [N. Scott] Momaday, the well-known Southwest Native American novelist. His unadorned poetry, which recounts fables and rituals of the Kiowa nation, conveys the deep sense of place of the Native American oral tradition. Here are dream-songs about animals (bear, bison, terrapin) and life away from urban alienation, an imagined re-creation based on Billy the Kid, prose poems about Plains Shields (and a fascinating discussion of their background), and new poems that utilize primary colors ('forms of the earth') to express instinctive continuities of a pre-Columbian vision."--Library Journal


"The strong, spare beauty of In the Presence of the Sun is compelling evidence that Scott Momaday is one of the most versatile and distinguished artists in America today."--Peter Matthiessen


". . . the images, the voices, the people are shadowy, elusive, burning with invention, like flames against a dark sky. For behind them is always the artist-author himself . . . a man with a sacred investiture. Strong medicine, strong art indeed."--The New York Times Book Review

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  • Title In the Presence of the Sun: Stories and Poems, 1961-1991
  • Author N. Scott Momaday
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 169
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of New Mexico Press
  • Publication date 2009-10-16
  • ISBN 9780826348166 / 0826348165
  • Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.6 in (22.61 x 14.99 x 1.52 cm)
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: Native American
  • Category Literature - Classics / Criticism
  • Library of Congress subjects Indians of North America
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2009039089
  • Dewey Decimal Code 810.808

About the author

N. Scott Momaday (1934-2023) was a writer, poet, storyteller, and illustrator who won the Pulitzer Prize for his first novel, House Made of Dawn. Kiowa by way of Jemez Pueblo, he was the author of the classic Kiowa origin story The Way to Rainy Mountain and several books of poetry, including In the Bear's House, In the Presence of the Sun, and Again the Far Morning (all from UNM Press).

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