The publication contains the written work of thirteen Native Arts and Cultures Foundation fellows
Press announcement by the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation
The NACF is excited to announce the release of The Larger Voice: Celebrating the Work of Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Literature Fellows. This is the first publication by NACF that highlights the work of many of our National Artist Fellows in literature.
Celebrating Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Literature Fellows
The Larger Voice: Celebrating Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Literature Fellows is a carefully curated selection of extraordinary Native writers.
The vivid cover art is by Dyani White Hawk (Sičáŋǧu Lakota), a 2017 NACF Mentor Artist Fellow and visual artist. It includes a foreword written by 23rd U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo (Mvskoke Nation), who is also the NACF’s Board Chair.
“The intention of this collection is to celebrate their voices and to build pathways of understanding and education that will carry their writing to the four corners of the world, reclaiming social narratives around Native cultures and perspectives and highlighting the crucial contributions of contemporary Native writers.”
Joy Harjo, NACF Board Chair & U.S. Poet Laureate
Rena Priest, (Lhaq’temish [Lummi] Nation), Washington State Poet Laureate, is curator and editor of the anthology. Priest is a Maxine Cushing Gray Distinguished Writing Fellow, and the recipient of an American Book Award, an Allied Arts Foundation Professional Poets Award and fellowships from the Academy of American Poets, Nia Tero, Indigenous Nations Poets and the Vadon Foundation.
“Each of the writers featured in this collection carries the distinction of being named a Native Arts and Cultures Foundation National Artist Fellow in literature. They are recognized for excellence in their work in literature and their willingness to use their gifts to create offerings of beauty and truth for the benefit of the people,” says Rena Priest.
“The intention of this collection is to celebrate their voices and to build pathways of understanding and education that will carry their writing to the four corners of the world, reclaiming social narratives around Native cultures and perspectives and highlighting the crucial contributions of contemporary Native writers.”
The NACF Literature Fellows included in the Anthology are as follows:
- Sherwin Bitsui (Diné)
- Laura Da’ (Eastern Shawnee)
- Natalie Diaz (Mojave and an enrolled member of the Gila River Indian Tribe)
- Heid E. Erdrich (Ojibwe Turtle Mountain)
- Kelli Jo Ford (Citizen of the Cherokee Nation)
- Santee Frazier (Citizen of the Cherokee Nation)
- Linda Hogan (Chickasaw)
- Layli Long Soldier (Citizen of the Oglala Lakota Nation)
- Mona Susan Power (Enrolled Member of the Standing Rock Sioux Nation)
- Luci Tapahonso (Diné[Navajo])
- David Treuer (Ojibwe)
- Michael Wasson (Nez Perce [Nimíipuu])
- Elizabeth Woody (The Confederated Tribes of the Reservation at Warm Springs, Oregon)
A free downloadable PDF file of the anthology is here: www.nativeartsandcultures.org/programs/literary-anthology
Made possible by: This anthology was made possible with support from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust and Engaging the Senses Foundation.
If you would like to donate to the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation, please visit https://www.nativeartsandcultures.org/donate
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