From the Extinct Volcano, a Bird of Paradise - Softcover

Revard, Carter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0985133783 ISBN 13: 9780985133788

Publisher: Mongrel Empire Press, 2014

Synopsis

Carter Revard's newest collection, From the Extinct Volcano, A Bird of Paradise, sings through poetry and prose "to celebrate our creatural selves." Revard draws from a lifetime of experience that started on the Osage reservation during the Depression era and has continued through his role as a distinguished student, teacher, scholar, and poet. In this book, he illustrates how culture, which is not restricted to the human species, has survived through the practice of singing. In showing us this, Revard skillfully blends narratives of nonhuman animal behavior, scientific studies on the nature of language, and literary allusions. From the Extinct Volcano, A Bird of Paradise demonstrates how survival ultimately depends on song.

About this title

About the Author

Carter Revard, Osage on his father's side, grew up on the Osage Reservation in Oklahoma. After work as farm hand and greyhound trainer, he took B.A.s from the University of Tulsa and Oxford (Rhodes Scholarship, Oklahoma and Merton 1952), was given his Osage name and a Yale Ph.D., then taught medieval and American Indian literatures before retiring in 1997. He has published Ponca War Dancers; Cowboys and Indians, Christmas Shopping; An Eagle Nation; Family Matters, Tribal Affairs; and Winning the Dust Bowl.

Edition details

• Publisher: Mongrel Empire Press
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0985133783
• ISBN 13: 9780985133788
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 100