{"product_id":"sovereign-erotics-a-collection-of-two-spirit-literature-9780816502424","title":"Sovereign Erotics: A Collection of Two-Spirit Literature","description":"Two-Spirit people, identified by many different tribally specific names and standings within their communities, have been living, loving, and creating art since time immemorial. It wasn't until the 1970s, however, that contemporary queer Native literature gained any public notice. Even now, only a handful of books address it specifically, most notably the 1988 collection \u003ci\u003eLiving the Spirit: A Gay American Indian Anthology.\u003c\/i\u003e Since that book's publication twenty-three years ago, there has not been another collection published that focuses explicitly on the writing and art of Indigenous Two-Spirit and Queer people. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis landmark collection strives to reflect the complexity of identities within Native Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Two-Spirit (GLBTQ2) communities. Gathering together the work of established writers and talented new voices, this anthology spans genres (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and essay) and themes (memory, history, sexuality, indigeneity, friendship, family, love, and loss) and represents a watershed moment in Native American and Indigenous literatures, Queer studies, and the intersections between the two. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCollaboratively, the pieces in \u003ci\u003eSovereign Erotics\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrate not only the radical diversity among the voices of today's Indigenous GLBTQ2 writers but also the beauty, strength, and resilience of Indigenous GLBTQ2 people in the twenty-first century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eContributors: Indira Allegra, Louise Esme Cruz, Paula Gunn Allen, Qwo-Li Driskill, Laura Furlan, Janice Gould, Carrie House, Daniel Heath Justice, Maurice Kenny, Michael Koby, M. Carmen Lane, Jaynie Lara, Chip Livingston, Luna Maia, Janet McAdams, Deborah Miranda, Daniel David Moses, D. M. O'Brien, Malea Powell, Cheryl Savageau, Kim Shuck, Sarah Tsigeyu Sharp, James Thomas Stevens, Dan Taulapapa McMullin, William Raymond Taylor, Joel Waters, and Craig Womack\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Qwo-Li Driskill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Arizona Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816502424\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Independent Publisher Book Awards - Silver Medal Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Lambda Literary Awards - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Lambda Literary Awards - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQwo-Li Driskill\u003c\/b\u003e is a Cherokee Queer\/Two-Spirit writer, scholar, and performer. S\/he is the author of \u003ci\u003eWalking with Ghosts: Poems\u003c\/i\u003e and is currently and assistant professor in the Department of English at Texas A\u0026amp;M University. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniel Heath Justice\u003c\/b\u003e (Cherokee Nation) teaches Aboriginal literatures and Aboriginal Studies at the University of Toronto. In addition to numerous publications in Native literary criticism, he is the author of \u003ci\u003eOur Fire Survives the Storm: A Cherokee Literary History \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Way of Thorn and Thunder: The Kynship Chronicles\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeborah Miranda\u003c\/b\u003e is a Two-Spirit Ohlone-Costanoan Esselen Nation\/Chumash poet and scholar and is currently an associate professor of English at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Zen of La Llorona\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Indian Cartography. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLisa Tatonetti\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor of English and American Ethnic Studies at Kansas State University where she studies, teaches, and publishes on Two-Spirit literatures.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Arizona Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39825993236595,"sku":"9780816502424","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_ba81cdfa-3bce-4f90-ab81-5dec0df36013.jpg?v=1644540302","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/sovereign-erotics-a-collection-of-two-spirit-literature-9780816502424","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}