N. Scott Momaday
N. Scott Momaday
Reading Date: Thursday, October 31, 1974
- Introduction and Opening Remarks
- "1. The Omen"
- "2. The Dream"
- "3. The Dance"
- "4. The Giveaway"
- "New World"
- "Long Shadows at Dulce"
- "Carriers of the Dream Wheel"
- "The Eagle-Feather Fan"
- "The Colors of Night"
- "Riding Is an Exercise of the Mind"
- "Billy the Kid, His Rocking Horse: A Lullaby"
- "The Man in Black"
- "The Wound"
- "The Girl at the Doll House"
- "Billy's Boast to an Old Woman at San Patricio"
- "He Encounters a Player at Words"
- "He Would Place a Chair for Sister Blandina"
- "The Dying Cowboy"
- "Trees and Evening Sky"
- "He Foresees Disaster in a Dream" and "He Enters Upon the Afternoon of His Last Day"
- "Billy the Kid, the Departure of His Soul, 13-14 July 1881"
- "Wide Empty Landscape with a Death in the Foreground"
- "Crows in a Winter Composition"
- "Anywhere Is a Street into the Night"
- "The Burning"
- "For the Old Man Mad for Drawing, Dead at Eighty-nine"
- "Drawn In Legions of Light"
- "Bibi-Khanym Mosque"
- "Plainview: 2"
- Question and Answer Session
Introduction and Opening Remarks-1319
Introduction by Buzz Poverman.
"1. The Omen"-1320
from "The Gourd Dancer"; differs slightly from published version.
Annotation:
Momaday, N. Scott. The Gourd Dancer. New York: Harper & Row, 1976.
"2. The Dream"-1321
from "The Gourd Dancer"
Annotation:
Momaday, N. Scott. The Gourd Dancer. New York: Harper & Row, 1976.
"3. The Dance"-1322
from "The Gourd Dancer"; differs slightly from published version.
Annotation:
Momaday, N. Scott. The Gourd Dancer. New York: Harper & Row, 1976.
"4. The Giveaway"-1323
from "The Gourd Dancer"
Annotation:
Momaday, N. Scott. The Gourd Dancer. New York: Harper & Row, 1976.
"New World"-1324
Momaday, N. Scott. The Gourd Dancer. New York: Harper & Row, 1976.
"Long Shadows at Dulce"-1325
Momaday, N. Scott. The Gourd Dancer. New York: Harper & Row, 1976.
"Carriers of the Dream Wheel"-1326
Momaday, N. Scott. The Gourd Dancer. New York: Harper & Row, 1976.
"The Eagle-Feather Fan"-1327
Momaday, N. Scott. The Gourd Dancer. New York: Harper & Row, 1976.
"The Colors of Night"-1328
Momaday, N. Scott. The Gourd Dancer. New York: Harper & Row, 1976.
"Riding Is an Exercise of the Mind"-1329
Momaday, N. Scott. In the Presence of the Sun: Stories and Poems, 1961-1991. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992.
"Billy the Kid, His Rocking Horse: A Lullaby"-1330
Momaday, N. Scott. In the Presence of the Sun: Stories and Poems, 1961-1991. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992.
"The Man in Black"-1331
Differs from published version.
Annotation:
Momaday, N. Scott. In the Presence of the Sun: Stories and Poems, 1961-1991. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992.
"The Wound"-1332
Momaday, N. Scott. The Gourd Dancer. New York: Harper & Row, 1976.
"The Girl at the Doll House"-1333
Differs from published version.
Annotation:
Momaday, N. Scott. In the Presence of the Sun: Stories and Poems, 1961-1991. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992.
"Billy's Boast to an Old Woman at San Patricio"-1334
Momaday, N. Scott. In the Presence of the Sun: Stories and Poems, 1961-1991. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992.
"He Encounters a Player at Words"-1335
Momaday, N. Scott. In the Presence of the Sun: Stories and Poems, 1961-1991. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992.
"He Would Place a Chair for Sister Blandina"-1336
Momaday, N. Scott. In the Presence of the Sun: Stories and Poems, 1961-1991. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992.
"The Dying Cowboy"-1337
Portions of this text later appear in two different works: "Dreaming In Place" (from [i]The Man Made of Words: Essays, Stories, Passages[/i]) and [i]The Ancient Child[/i].
Annotation:
Momaday, N. Scott. The Man Made of Words: Essays, Stories, Passages. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997.
Momaday, N. Scott. The Ancient Child. New York: Doubleday, 1989.
"Trees and Evening Sky"-1338
Momaday, N. Scott. In the Presence of the Sun: Stories and Poems, 1961-1991. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992.
"He Foresees Disaster in a Dream" and "He Enters Upon the Afternoon of His Last Day"-1339
Published version of "He Foresees Disaster in a Dream" bears the title "He Foretells Disaster in a Dream."
Annotation:
Momaday, N. Scott. In the Presence of the Sun: Stories and Poems, 1961-1991. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992.
"Billy the Kid, the Departure of His Soul, 13-14 July 1881"-1340
Published version bears the title "Billy the Kid, the Departure of His Soul, 14 July 1881."
Annotation:
Momaday, N. Scott. In the Presence of the Sun: Stories and Poems, 1961-1991. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992.
"Wide Empty Landscape with a Death in the Foreground"-1341
Momaday, N. Scott. In the Presence of the Sun: Stories and Poems, 1961-1991. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992.
"Crows in a Winter Composition"-1342
Momaday, N. Scott. The Gourd Dancer. New York: Harper & Row, 1976.
"Anywhere Is a Street into the Night"-1343
Momaday, N. Scott. The Gourd Dancer. New York: Harper & Row, 1976.
"The Burning"-1344
Momaday, N. Scott. The Gourd Dancer. New York: Harper & Row, 1976.
"For the Old Man Mad for Drawing, Dead at Eighty-nine"-1345
Momaday, N. Scott. The Gourd Dancer. New York: Harper & Row, 1976.
"Drawn In Legions of Light"-1346
Unpublished.
"Bibi-Khanym Mosque"-1347
Unpublished.
"Plainview: 2"-1348
Momaday, N. Scott. The Gourd Dancer. New York: Harper & Row, 1976.
Question and Answer Session-1349
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Series: Fall Reading Series
Location(s): Modern Languages Auditorium
N. Scott Momaday reads poems and prose that would go on to appear in The Gourd Dancer (1976), In the Presence of the Sun: Stories and Poems, 1961-1991 (1992), The Man Made of Words: Essays, Stories, Passages (1997), and The Ancient Child (1989), as well as two unpublished poems.
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