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Maurice Kenny (1929–2016)

Author of Wounds beneath the flesh

31+ Works 147 Members 1 Review

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Works by Maurice Kenny

Tekonwatonti/Molly Brant [1735–1795]: Poems of War (1992) 16 copies

Wounds beneath the flesh (1983) — Editor — 16 copies

Rain and Other Fictions (1995) 10 copies

Between Two Rivers: Selected Poems 1956-1984 (1987) 10 copies

Tortured Skins and Other Fictions (2000) 9 copies, 1 review

Carving Hawk: New and Selected Poems 1956-2000 (2002) 9 copies

Stories for a Winter's Night (2000) — Editor — 8 copies

Backward to Forward (1997) 8 copies

The Mama Poems (1988) 7 copies

Connotations (2008) 6 copies

On Second Thought: A Compilation (American Indian Literature and Critical Studies Series) (1995) 5 copies

North: Poems of Home (1977) 5 copies

Dancing Back Strong the Nation: Poems (1981) 4 copies

Only As Far as Brooklyn (1979) 4 copies

In the Time of the Present: New Poems (2000) 4 copies

Kneading the Blood (SC) (1981) 3 copies

Blackrobe: Isaac Jogues B. March 11, 1604 D. October 18, 1646 (1982) 3 copies

Greyhounding This America (SC) (1987) 3 copies

Dancing Back Strong the Nation (1979) 2 copies

I Am the Sun (1979) 2 copies

Boston tea party. (1982) 2 copies

The Smell of Slaughter (SC) (1982) 2 copies

With Love to Lesbia (SC) (1958) 1 copy

And grieve, Lesbia; poems 1 copy

Last Mornings in Brooklyn (1991) 1 copy

Humors and/or Not So Humorous 1 copy

Humonrs and/or Not So Humorous 1 copy

Contact II 1 copy

Buddies 1 copy

Dead Letters 1 copy

"Gay at Midnight" Mouth of the Dragon Poets at the Glines Handbill 1 copy

Associated Works

Talking Leaves: Contemporary Native American Short Stories (1991) — Contributor — 198 copies, 2 reviews

Living the Spirit: A Gay American Indian Anthology (1988) — Contributor — 186 copies

Gay and Lesbian Poetry in Our Time (Stonewall Inn Editions) (1988) — Contributor — 180 copies, 1 review

From Totems to Hip-Hop: A Multicultural Anthology of Poetry Across the Americas 1900-2002 (2002) — Contributor — 174 copies

Genocide of the Mind: New Native American Writing (2003) — Contributor — 151 copies, 4 reviews

Harper's Anthology of Twentieth Century Native American Poetry (1988) — Contributor — 143 copies

Sovereign Erotics: A Collection of Two-Spirit Literature (First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies) (2011) — Contributor — 117 copies, 3 reviews

Native North American Literary Companion (1995) — Contributor — 93 copies

Braided Lives: An Anthology of Multicultural American Writing (1991) — Contributor — 90 copies

Songs from This Earth on Turtle's Back: Contemporary American Indian Poetry (1983) — Contributor — 70 copies

The Remembered Earth: An Anthology of Contemporary Native American Literature (1979) — Contributor — 70 copies

Earth Song, Sky Spirit (1993) — Contributor — 69 copies

I Tell You Now: Autobiographical Essays by Native American Writers (1987) — Contributor — 61 copies

All My Relations: An Anthology of Contemporary Canadian Native Prose (1990) — Contributor — 59 copies

Nothing But the Truth: An Anthology of Native American Literature (2000) — Contributor — 52 copies, 1 review

The Son of the Male Muse: New Gay Poetry (1983) — Contributor — 49 copies

Earth Power Coming: Short Fiction in Native American Literature (1983) — Contributor — 34 copies

Blue Dawn, Red Earth: New Native American Storytellers (1996) — Contributor — 34 copies

Sing: Poetry from the Indigenous Americas (2011) — Contributor — 25 copies

New Voices from the Longhouse (1989) — Contributor — 23 copies

Returning the Gift: Poetry and Prose from the First North American Native Writers' Festival (Sun Tracks, Vol 29) (1994) — Contributor — 21 copies

Queer Nature: A Poetry Anthology (2022) — Contributor — 18 copies

Visit teepee town : native writings after the detours (1999) — Contributor — 11 copies

Durable Breath: Contemporary Native American Poetry (1994) — Contributor — 6 copies

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Common Knowledge

Birthdate: 1929-08-16
Date of death: 2016-04-16
Gender: male
Nationality: Mohawk
USA
Birthplace: Watertown, NY
Place of death: Saranac Lake, New York, USA
Places of residence: Saranac Lake, New York, USA
Potsdam, New York, USA
Mexico
Virgin Islands
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Education: Butler University
St. Lawrence University
New York University
Occupations: Poet
Organizations: Strawberry Press (founder)
Paul Smith's College
University of Victoria
University of Oklahoma
North Country Community College (Saranac Lake)
Awards and honors: Lifetime Achievement Award, Native Writers Circle of The Americas (2002)

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Tortured skins, and other fictions by Maurice Kenny

I have no idea why the other readers of this collection would have given it five stars, some narratives are contestable and I really wanted to like this book but Kenny overwrites every single story. The only one with any measure of restraint is the documentary fiction piece at the start "Black Kettle: Fear and Recourse" which is still overwrought and confusing despite the simple language. Most of these tales are ghost stories in some regard and practically all of them deal with man's, Native American or white, relationship to nature. There are some worthy themes but it appears the University of Michigan Press had no editors willing to bring this collection up to a reasonable standard of engaging literary fiction.… (more)

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Skipping Stones Honor Award

Stories for a Winter's Night (Multicultural & International Books – 2001)

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Statistics

Works: 31
Also by: 24
Members: 147
Popularity: #140,982
Rating: 3.8

Reviews: 1
ISBNs: 22

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