Dine Reader: An Anthology of Navajo Literature

The DinÉ Reader: An Anthology of Navajo Literature showcases the breadth, depth, and diversity of Diné creative artists and their poetry, fiction, and nonfiction prose, offering perspectives that span generations and perspectives on life and Diné history. It includes free verse, sestinas, limericks, haiku, prose poems, creative nonfiction, mixed genres, and oral traditions reshaped into the written word, with an array of literature, illuminating interviews, biographies, and photographs of the featured Diné writers and artists. It is a valuable resource to educators, literature enthusiasts, and beyond, with a chronology of important dates in Diné history and resources for teachers, students, and general readers.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 432 pages
Publication date: 30 March 2021
Publisher: University of Arizona Press

The DinÉ Reader is a groundbreaking anthology of Navajo literature that showcases the breadth, depth, and diversity of Diné creative artists and their poetry, fiction, and nonfiction prose. It brings together writers who offer perspectives that span generations and perspectives on life and Diné history, and the collected works display a rich variety of themes, including home and history, contemporary concerns about identity, historical trauma, and loss of language, and economic and environmental inequalities. The volume opens with a foreword by poet Sherwin Bitsui, who offers insight into the importance of writing to the Navajo people. The editors then introduce the volume by detailing the literary history of the Diné people, establishing the context for the tremendous diversity of the works that follow. This volume combines an array of literature with illuminating interviews, biographies, and photographs of the featured Diné writers and artists. It is a valuable resource to educators, literature enthusiasts, and beyond, and it includes a chronology of important dates in Diné history by Jennifer Nez Denetdale, as well as resources for teachers, students, and general readers by Michael Thompson. The Diné Reader is an exciting convergence of Navajo writers and artists with scholars and educators, and it is a must-read for anyone interested in the rich and diverse culture of the Diné people.

Weight: 586g
Dimension: 227 x 152 x 26 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780816540990