Talking Leaves

Cherokee Chippewa Sioux Navaho Modoc . . . voices of Native Americans in stories uniquely their own. Each of these authors writes of what he or she knows best of what is in their blood: the traditions of their cultures and the wounds of their hearts. From bestselling authors such as Louise Erdrich and N. Scott Momaday to new voices such as Diane Glancy and Gloria Bird the result is a brilliant anthology resonant with feeling and color as distinctive as the rhythms of a stomp dance as enduring as stories passed from generation to generation with love.. Editor Craig Lesley vividly captures the struggle of Native Americans who hope to preserve the wisdom of their anscestors in the face of a white world. Their writing reverberates with a sense of place generational family loyalty with the poverty and despair of the present the power of old beliefs and the resiliency of a yet proud people.