When It Rains - Tohono O'odham and Pima Poetry

A motif of rain and water is woven throughout the poetry in When It Rains, tying in the collection's title to the importance of this life-giving and sustaining resource to the Tohono O'odham people. With the poems in both O'odham and English, the volume serves as a reminder of the beauty and changeability of the O'odham language.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Ofelia Zepeda is a poet, regents professor of linguistics at the University of Arizona, and the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship for her work in American Indian language education. She is the current editor of Sun Tracks, which was launched in 1971 and is one of the first publishing programs to focus exclusively on the creative works of Native Americans.

Zusammenfassung

A motif of rain and water is woven throughout the poetry in When It Rains, tying in the collection's title to the importance of this life-giving and sustaining resource to the Tohono O'odham people. With the poems in both O'odham and English, the volume serves as a reminder of the beauty and changeability of the O'odham language.

Produktdetails

• Mitarbeit: Ofelia Zepeda (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: The University of Arizona Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9780816538874
• ISBN: 978-0-8165-3887-4
• Seiten: 104
• Abmessung: 190 mm x 127 mm x 11 mm
• Gewicht: 102 g
• Serien: Sun Tracks; Sun Tracks
• Themen: Belletristik > Lyrik, Dramatik > Lyrik; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Englische Sprachwissenschaft / Literaturwissenschaft