**The Nebula Award -winning author of the Alex Benedict novels and the Priscilla Hutchins novels returns to the world of _Ancient Shores_ in a startling and majestic epic.** A working stargate dating back more than ten thousand years has been discovered in North Dakota, on a Sioux reservation near
The Thunderbird Poems
โ Scribed by Ruffo, Armand Garnet
- Publisher
- Harbour Publishing
- Year
- 2015
- Tongue
- en-CA
- Weight
- 62 KB
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
Norval Morrisseau's revered work has been honoured, copied and recognized throughout the art world and beyond. Less widely known but equally captivating is the artist's personal life story, which poet and biographer Armand Garnet Ruffo related in his powerful narrative biography, Norval Morrisseau: Man Changing into Thunderbird (Douglas & McIntyre, 2014). Ruffo immersed himself in the life and work of the artist, gaining insight into the struggles and sources of inspiration underlying Morrisseau's greatest works through research and interviews with the artist himself--a connection further strengthened by their shared Ojibway heritage.
His lengthy study of Morrisseau inspired Ruffo to write poems reflecting on both the works of art and the emotional context in which Morrisseau painted them. Thunderbird Poems complements the highly evocative and poetic biography, delving into Morrisseau's creative life through compressed, imagistic language,...
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