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Riding the Earthboy 40

By James Welch
Introduction by James Tate

By James Welch
Introduction by James Tate

By James Welch
Introduction by James Tate

By James Welch
Introduction by James Tate

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Part of Penguin Poets

Part of Penguin Poets

Paperback $24.00

Oct 05, 2004 | ISBN 9780143034391

Ebook $14.99

Oct 05, 2004 | ISBN 9781101175170

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    About Riding the Earthboy 40

    Now with an introduction from celebrated poet James Tate, Riding the Earthboy 40 is the only volume of poetry written by acclaimed Native American novelist James Welch. The title of the book refers to the forty acres of Montana land Welch’s father once leased from a Blackfeet family called Earthboy. This land and its surroundings shaped the writer’s worldview as a youth, its rawness resonates in the vitality of his elegant poetry, and his verse shows a great awareness of a moment in time, of a place in nature, and of the human being in context. Deeply evoking the specific Native American experience in Montana, Welch’s poems nonetheless speak profoundly to all readers. With its new introduction, this vital work that has influenced so many American writers is certain to capture a new generation of readers.

    About Riding the Earthboy 40

    Now with an introduction from celebrated poet James Tate, Riding the Earthboy 40 is the only volume of poetry written by acclaimed Native American novelist James Welch. The title of the book refers to the forty acres of Montana land Welch’s father once leased from a Blackfeet family called Earthboy. This land and its surroundings shaped the writer’s worldview as a youth, its rawness resonates in the vitality of his elegant poetry, and his verse shows a great awareness of a moment in time, of a place in nature, and of the human being in context. Deeply evoking the specific Native American experience in Montana, Welch’s poems nonetheless speak profoundly to all readers. With its new introduction, this vital work that has influenced so many American writers is certain to capture a new generation of readers.

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    Also by James Welch

    Winter in the Blood
    Fools Crow
    The Death of Jim Loney
    Winter in the Blood
    The Heartsong of Charging Elk
    See all books by James Welch

    About James Welch

    James Welch (1940 – 2003) was the author of the novels Winter in the Blood, The Death of Jim Loney, Fools Crow (for which he received the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, an American Book Award, and the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award), The Indian Lawyer, and The Heartsong of… More about James Welch

    About James Welch

    James Welch (1940 – 2003) was the author of the novels Winter in the Blood, The Death of Jim Loney, Fools Crow (for which he received the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, an American Book Award, and the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award), The Indian Lawyer, and The Heartsong of… More about James Welch

    Product Details

    Category: Poetry | Literary Criticism

    Paperback | $24.00
    Published by Penguin Books
    Oct 05, 2004 | 80 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-7/16 | ISBN 9780143034391

    Category: Poetry | Literary Criticism

    Ebook | $14.99
    Published by Penguin Books
    Oct 05, 2004 | 80 Pages | ISBN 9781101175170

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    Praise

    Riding the Earthboy 40 is the most important book of poetry in all of Native American literature. James Welch is our Frost, Donne, Dickinson, and Stevens. (Sherman Alexie)

    Table Of Contents

    Riding the Earthboy 40Introduction by James Tate

    Knives
    Magic Fox
    Verifying the Dead
    Song for the Season
    Dreaming Winter
    Toward Dawn
    Blue Like Death
    Crystal
    Picnic Weather
    Directions to the Nomad
    Gesture Down to Guatemala
    Life Support System
    The World’s only Corn Palace
    Arizona Highways
    Night Hawk
    Trestles by the Blackfoot

    The Renegade Wants Words
    In My First Hard Spinrtime
    Christmas Comes to Moccasin Flat
    In My Lifetime
    Spring for All Seasons
    There Are Silent Legends
    Harlem, Montana: Just Off the Reservation
    Riding the Earthboy 40
    Going to Remake This World
    Plea to Those Who Matter
    The Man from Washington
    Blackfeet, Blood and Peigan Hunters
    The Last Priest Didn’t Even Say Goodbye
    D-Y Bar
    The Only Bar in Dixon
    Thanksgiving at Snake Butte
    The Renegade Wants Words

    Day After Chasing Porcupines
    Day After Chasing Porcupines
    Surviving
    Snow Country Weavers
    Visit
    Dancing Man
    Birth on Range 18
    The Wrath of Lester Lame Bull
    There is a Right Way
    Getting Things Straight
    The Versatile Historian

    The Day the Children Took Over
    The Day the Children Took Over
    Call to Arms
    Two for the Festival
    You Gone, the King Dead
    Day to Make Up Incompletes
    Counting Clouds
    Grandma’s Man
    Gravely
    Grandfather at the Rest Home
    Legends Like This
    Lady in a Distant Face
    Never Give a Burn an Even Break

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