Background
Kenny, Maurice Francis was born on August 16, 1929 in Watertown, New York, United States. Son of Andrew Anthony Kenny and Doris Marie (Herrick) Kenny Welch.
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Five decades of work are reflected in this expansive collection. Beginning with Kenny’s earliest work and continuing with poems from his next eighteen books, many long out of print, the book follows the career of this renowned Native American writer. Also included are thirty new and uncollected poems. Maurice Kenny is visiting professor at the State University of New York at Potsdam. He lives in Saranac Lake in New York State’s Adirondack Mountains. His most recent books, both from the University of Michigan Press, are Tortured Skins & Other Fictions and In the Time of the Present. Also Available by Maurice Kenny Backward to Forward TP $14.00, 1-877727-69-5 o CUSA Rain and Other Fictions TP $8.00, 0-934834-98-0
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(Volume XXI, Number I of The Blue Cloud Quarterly. Stapled...)
Volume XXI, Number I of The Blue Cloud Quarterly. Stapled binding. 8.25" x 6". 25 poems by Native American poet, Maurice Kenny. Illustratedby Mohawk artist, Rokwaho.
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“The world Maurice Kenny opens for us is personal, yet never sentimental. It is a world in which long-dead relatives can appear when they are needed; in which the drum sounds in rituals of curing; a world vibrant with the natural landscape.”—Joseph Bruchac, Small Press Review In conjunction with the publication of Connotations, we are pleased to release a new edition of American Book Award–winner Maurice Kenny’s The Mama Poems, a cycle of poems centered on the life of Kenny’s late mother. Maurice Kenny is one of the major voices of Native American letters. His books of poetry include Tekonwatonti: Molly Brant and Carving Hawk.
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This collection of short fiction from Mohawk writer Maurice Kenny pushes us to explore truth or what we may perceive as truth, showing us different truths: truth of character, natural truth, everyday truth. Tortured Skins and Other Fictions, fourteen in number, form a cohesive study of characters and the anxiety provoking landscapes they inhabit—seemingly idyllic settings are inverted, becoming corrupt backdrops for slaughter and destruction—a broad metaphor for the relationships between the natives of this continent and its later colonizers. The bear, as a trickster figure, resurfaces in various guises, various "'skins," throughout the pieces, confronting oblivious characters with their relationships to their worlds. These stories reflect today's world, merging its preoccupations of pop culture and paranormal occurrences. with the long oral tradition motif of animals existing as teachers with sometimes dubious methods—the X-Files colliding with contemporary Native American fiction.
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Kenny, Maurice Francis was born on August 16, 1929 in Watertown, New York, United States. Son of Andrew Anthony Kenny and Doris Marie (Herrick) Kenny Welch.
Student, Butler University, 1955. Student, New York University, 1957. Doctorate (honorary), St. Lawrence University, 1995.
Poet-in-residence North Country Community College, Saranac Lake, New York. Visiting professor University Oklahoma, Norman, En'owkin Center, University Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, Paul Smith's College, State University of New York, Potsdam. Member panel New York Foundation for the Arts, North Carolina Arts Council, New York State Council on the Arts, Arts Recognition and Talent Search for the Educational Testing Service.
Board directors Coordinator Council Literature Magazines, New York Foundation for the Arts, WSLU-FM. Coordinator Iroquois Arts Festival, Saranac Lake, Writer's Week at Tupper Lake. Presenter in field.
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( Five decades of work are reflected in this expansive co...)
(Volume XXI, Number I of The Blue Cloud Quarterly. Stapled...)
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Past director The Little Gallery. Art director Saranac Lake.