Songs, blood deep / Gwen Nell Westerman, Poet Laureate of Minnesota.

First edition.

Duluth, Minnesota : Holy Cow! Press, 2023.

©2023

73 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Most poems in English, with some poems in Dakota, Cherokee, and Spanish

"With touches of humor and the occasional sharp cultural criticism, the voice that emerges from these poems is that of a Dakota woman rooted in her world and her words. In this moving collection, Westerman reflects on history and family from a unique perspective, one that connects the painful past and the hard-fought future of her Dakota homeland. Grounded in vivid story and memory, Westerman draws on both English and the Dakota language to celebrate the long journey along sunflower-lined highways of the tallgrass prairies of the Great Plains that returns her to a place filled with "more than history." An intense homage to the power of place, this book tells a masterful story of cultural survival and the power of language"-- Provided by publisher.

English; Dakota; Cherokee; Spanish

December 14, 2023

Includes bibliographical references.