N. Scott Momaday - March 30, 1992

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UA Poetry Center

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Student Union Senior Ballroom
N. Scott Momaday

N. Scott Momaday reads from across his body of work, sharing excerpts from his novel The Ancient Child (1989) together with poems from his soon-to-be-published In the Presence of the Sun: Stories and Poems, 1961-1991 (1992). After opening the reading with three humorous epitaphs, Momaday discusses Set-angya, a 19th century Kiowa chief who reappears throughout his work.

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Introduction
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by Larry Evers

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Three epitaphs: "The Minor Writer," "On Chastity," and "The Death of a Ceramicist"
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Momaday, N. Scott. "The Minor Writer." Unpublished.

"On Chastity." In the Presence of the Sun: Stories and Poems, 1961-1991. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992.

"The Death of a Ceramicist." Again the Far Morning: New and Selected Poems. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2011. 

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Background information on Set-angya, a Kiowa chief from the 19th century
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Excerpts from The Ancient Child
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Momaday, N. Scott. The Ancient Child. New York: Doubleday, 1989, pp.36-39, 257-260.

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"Forms of the Earth at Abiquiu"
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Differs slightly from the published version.

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Momaday, N. Scott. In the Presence of the Sun: Stories and Poems, 1961-1991. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992.

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"The Great Fillmore Street Buffalo Drive"
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Momaday, N. Scott. In the Presence of the Sun: Stories and Poems, 1961-1991. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992.

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"December 29th, 1890"
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Momaday, N. Scott. In the Presence of the Sun: Stories and Poems, 1961-1991. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992.

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"Fort Sill"
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Momaday, N. Scott. In the Presence of the Sun: Stories and Poems, 1961-1991. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992.

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"At Risk"
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Momaday, N. Scott. In the Presence of the Sun: Stories and Poems, 1961-1991. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992.

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