Gagaan X'Usyee/Below the Foot of the Sun: Poems by Twitchell, X'Unei Lance

Gagaan X'Usyee/Below the Foot of the Sun: Poems

Identity and understanding are fluid and plural, yet the histories of violence and oppression influence and shape...
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Author: X'Unei Lance Twitchell
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Language: English
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Gagaan X'Usyee/Below the Foot of the Sun: Poems by Twitchell, X'Unei Lance

Gagaan X'Usyee/Below the Foot of the Sun: Poems

€24,01

Gagaan X'Usyee/Below the Foot of the Sun: Poems

€24,01
Author: X'Unei Lance Twitchell
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Identity and understanding are fluid and plural, yet the histories of violence and oppression influence and shape everything in the world because the past, present, and future exist in the same plane and at the same time. Gagaan Xʼusyee / Beneath the Foot of the Sun is a unique collection of Indigenous cultural work and Lingít literature in the tradition of Nora Marks Dauenhauer and in the broader contemporary company of Joy Harjo and Sherwin Bitsui. Focused on the history of place and the Lingít and Haida people, who recognize little separation between life and art, these forty-six poems reach into the knowledge of the past, incorporate visions currently received, and draw a path for future generations.

The collection is divided into four sections based on how the Lingít talk about g̱agaan--the sun. Featuring some poems in English, some in Lingít, and some that combine the beauty of the two, Gagaan Xʼusyee / Beneath the Foot of the Sun displays an equal dignity in both languages that transcends monolingual constrictions.


Author: X'Unei Lance Twitchell
Publisher: University of Alaska Press
Published: 07/01/2024
Pages: 92
Binding Type: Paperback
ISBN: 9781646425556


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Foreword 02/13/2024

About the Author

X'unei Lance Twitchell is a multimedia artist in poetry, fiction, drama, nonfiction, Northwest Coast Native design, and traditional and contemporary music and is professor of Alaska Native languages at University of Alaska Southeast. He is from the Lingít, Haida, and Yupʼik Native Nations; speaks and studies the Lingít language; and advocates for Indigenous language revitalization. This is his first book of poetry.


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