Duane Niatum

Duane Niatum (McGinniss) (born 1938 Seattle - ) is a poet, author and playwright.

Life

After his parent's divorce, his Klallam grandfather became his surrogate father. After serving in the Navy, he graduated from the University of Washington, Johns Hopkins University with a M.A., and the University of Michigan with a Ph.D. in 1997. He taught at Johns Hopkins University, The Evergreen State College, the University of Washington, Eastern Washington University, Seattle Central Community College, Western Washington University, Northwest Indian College, and the University of Michigan.^[1]

He was editor of the Native American Authors Program, Harper & Row Publishers.^[2]

Awards

• 1982 American Book Award
• 1966 and 1970 Pacific Northwest Writers Conference, first prize in poetry,
• Poetry in Motion Grant Award

Works

• After the Death of an Elder Klallam Phoenix, AZ : Baleen Press, 1970. ISBN 0912074000
• Ascending Red Cedar Moon, New York : Harper & Row, 1973. ISBN 0064511502
• Breathless Seattle, WA : University of Washington, 1968. Genre: Drama
• Duane Niatum, ed (1975). Carriers of the Dream Wheel: Contemporary Native American Poetry. New York: Harper & Row. ISBN 9780064511513. 
• The crooked beak of love Albuquerque, N.M. : West End Press, 2000. ISBN 093112296
• A Cycle for the Woman in the Field. Laughing Man Press, 1973.
• Digging out the roots : poems New York : Harper & Row, 1977. ISBN 0064511553
• Drawings of the Song Animals: New and Selected Poems. Duluth, Minnesota : Holy Cow! Press, 1991. ISBN 0930100433
• Harper's Anthology of Twentieth-Century Native American Poetry San Francisco : Harper & Row, 1988.
• Pieces New York : Strawberry Press, 1981.
• Raven and the Fear of Growing White Amsterdam, Holland : Bridge Press, 1983.
• Songs for the Harvester of Dreams Seattle, WA : University of Washington Press, 1981. ISBN 0295957581
• Stories from the land of red cedar Seattle : D. Niatum, 1999. Genre: Folklore
• Stories of the Moons Marvin, SD : Blue Cloud Quarterly Press, 1987.
• Taos Pueblo and Other Poems. Greenfield Center, NY : Greenfield Review Press, 1973. ISBN 0912678089
• To Bridge the Dream Laguna, NM : A Press, 1978. Genre: Short Stories
• Turning to the Rhythms of Her Song Seattle, WA : Jawbone Press, 1977.

Essays

• Brian Swann, Arnold Krupat, ed (2005). I tell you now: autobiographical essays by Native American writers. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 9780803293144. http://books.google.com/books?id=mw3AAVRywsgC&pg=PA127&dq=Duane+Niatum&ei=J-HkSvu8I4SUNeaUxJ8M#v=onepage&q=Duane%20Niatum&f=false. 

Anthologies

• Andrea Lerner, ed (1990). Dancing on the rim of the world: an anthology of contemporary Northwest native American writing. Sun Tracks. ISBN 9780816512157. 
• Jim Elledge, Susan Swartwout, ed (1999). Real things: an anthology of popular culture in American poetry. Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780253334343. http://books.google.com/books?id=LMu-bTgWUTAC&pg=PA221&dq=Duane+Niatum&lr=&ei=7eLkSo6tBomENq-11dgL#v=onepage&q=Duane%20Niatum&f=false. 

Reviews

Duane Niatum, a key figure in the poetry of the contemporary Native American literary explosion, has produced a sixth collection of poems. It's an important event.^[3]

References

1. ^ http://www.hanksville.org/storytellers/niatum/
2. ^ http://www.ipl.org/div/natam/bin/browse.pl/A53
3. ^ "The Art of Survival", Raven Chronicles, David L. Moore

External links

• "Duane Niatum", nativewiki
• "Offering it all to the Sea: Duane Niatum's new Songs", SAIL

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