The Stains of Burden and Dumb Luck (Carolyn Dunn)

Authors

  • Kelli Pyron Alvarez University of Oklahoma

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22024/UniKent/03/tm.608

Keywords:

Native American Poetry, Indigenous Poetry

Abstract

Carolyn Dunn's collection of poetry contains sseveral themes, including space, place, and time, through which the reader is able to take a journey to the Ancestors and map their own memories and emotions, while Dunn does the same for herself. Readers take a journey with her and alongside her, as her poetry navigates ideas essential to her Indigenous worldview.

Author Biography

Kelli Pyron Alvarez, University of Oklahoma

Kelli is an instructor for the First Year Composition program at the University of Oklahoma and has a Masters in Native American Studies and a Masters in English.

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Published

2018-12-30

How to Cite

Pyron Alvarez, K. (2018). The Stains of Burden and Dumb Luck (Carolyn Dunn). Transmotion, 4(2), 241–243. https://doi.org/10.22024/UniKent/03/tm.608

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 2 (2018): Genocide Special Issue - guest edited by Melissa Michal Slocum

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