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Strong Heart SongLines from a Revolutionary TextLance HensonThese poems were written during Lance Henson’s extensive travels through the United States and Europe from 1986 to 1994. Stark, militant, and searching, bearing a fierce witness, they constitute his mature view of the American experience. Since Henson left the United States shortly after this volume’s publication in 1997, they also represent his last view of America for the foreseeable future.
riding the high plains from colorado i drive the truck south toward oklahoma i am on the edge barely in america somewhere between rage and freedom 5½ x 8½ inches • 72 pages • ISBN 0-931122-86-4 • $8.95 |
Lance Henson
Lance Henson was raised as a Southern Cheyenne near Calumet, Oklahoma. A member of the Cheyenne Dog Soldier Warrior Society and Black Belt in karate, he served in the U.S. Marine Corps; later he became a Native American activist. He has published over a dozen volumes of poetry, including Naming the Dark (1976) and Selected Poems: 1970-83 (1985), and his work has been widely anthologized. 
Jaune Quick-To-See Smith, a member of the Flathead Nation, is a painter and printmaker who exhibits internationally. A political and cultural activist, she has organized touring exhibits of Native American art and lectured at over 100 universities. She has donated her work for the cover.  |