N. Scott Momaday
N. Scott Momaday
Reading Date: Monday, March 30, 1992
- Introduction
- Three epitaphs: "The Minor Writer," "On Chastity," and "The Death of a Ceramicist"
- Background information on Set-angia, a Kiowa chief from the 19th century
- Excerpts from The Ancient Child
- "Forms of the Earth at Abiquiu"
- "The Great Fillmore Street Buffalo Drive"
- "December 29th, 1890"
- "Fort Sill"
- "At Risk"
Introduction-7817
by Larry Evers
Three epitaphs: "The Minor Writer," "On Chastity," and "The Death of a Ceramicist"-7819
"The Minor Writer" is unpublished; "On Chastity" appears in In the Presence of the Sun: Stories and Poems, 1961-1991; "The Death of a Ceramicist" appears in Again the Far Morning: New and Selected Poems.
Annotation:
Momaday, N. Scott. Again the Far Morning: New and Selected Poems. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2011.
Momaday, N. Scott. In the Presence of the Sun: Stories and Poems, 1961-1991. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992.
Background information on Set-angia, a Kiowa chief from the 19th century-7821
Excerpts from The Ancient Child-7823
Momaday, N. Scott. The Ancient Child. New York: Doubleday, 1989.
"Forms of the Earth at Abiquiu"-7825
Differs slightly from the published version.
Annotation:
Momaday, N. Scott. The Gourd Dancer. New York: Harper & Row, 1976.
"The Great Fillmore Street Buffalo Drive"-7827
Momaday, N. Scott. In the Presence of the Sun: Stories and Poems, 1961-1991. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992.
"December 29th, 1890"-7829
Momaday, N. Scott. In the Presence of the Sun: Stories and Poems, 1961-1991. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992.
"Fort Sill"-7831
Momaday, N. Scott. In the Presence of the Sun: Stories and Poems, 1961-1991. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992.
"At Risk"-7833
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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Series: Poetics and Politics
Sponsor(s): UA Poetry Center
Location(s): Student Union Senior Ballroom
N. Scott Momaday reads poems that would go on to appear in Again the Far Morning: New and Selected Poems (2011), as well as earlier works from In the Presence of the Sun: Stories and Poems, 1961-1991 (1992), The Ancient Child (1989), and The Gourd Dancer (1976).
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