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Calling upon the personal memories and ancestral antecedents of her Anishinaabe family heritage, Molly McGlennen writes poems for "Fried Fish and Flour Biscuits" that render the continuance and celebration of the complex realities of Native American life in the 21st century. McGlennen's collection of finely rendered lyrical and narrative pieces recounts the story of physical and spiritual nourishment, as the poet begins by telling her readers that her poems, like family recipes, are best served aloud.
List of contents
- Contents
- Preface
- To-Do List Before Writing a Poem:
- Legend
- Living the Language
- Dream Song
- Learning Irony in Order
- Our Hands
- What Red Leads To
- How to Make Rock Soup
- A Trail of Devotion
- For Uncle
- In Spirit
- Shanawdithit, the Last Beothuk
- War Curio
- At the Oakland Indian Charter School
- Tour Guide
- Maneuvering Targets
- Silent Death
- Paper Hearts
- Once She Was a Ghost
- Double Vision
- Swallowing Her Words
- Columbus Day
- Composition
- What Holds Us
- Preparing for Flight
- Letter
- Letter II
- The Dance
- From the Kitchen
- Yosemite, 1976
- Exposed
- Film Clip
- Interwoven
- Luminary
- Remembering Louis
- Coming Back Round
- Three Poems for Ellia
- So Many Times I Have Missed You
- At the Sushi Bar
- Wine Tasting
- Weaving Water
- Synonymous
- 10 Little Indians
- Dementia
- Epilogue
About the author
Molly McGlennen was born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota and is of Anishinaabe and European descent. She is an Assistant Professor of English and Native American Studies at Vassar College. McGlennen's poetry and scholarship is widely anthologized. Simon Ortiz calls Fried Fish and Flour Biscuits "food for our struggle and food for our victory as Indigenous people."
