Chrystos
Chrystos (born November 7, 1946) is a Menominee rights activist and poet. Prior to being published, she worked as a home caretaker, and an activist for Turtle Mountain Band of Chipewa, Norma Jean Croy (involved in a firefight with police), and Leonard Peltier.
Life and career
Born in San Francisco, United States, Chrystos is a Lesbian- and Two-Spirit-identified writer who focuses on themes revolving around the violence that adjoins everyday life in many urban areas.[1] She also tries to incorporate an awareness of universal currents in her works, introducing a diverse mixture of characters and ideas. Her first published work, Not Vanishing, concentrates on a Native American woman and the environment she returns to after work, a life shielded from mainstream cultural understanding.
She has lived on Bainbridge Island, Washington since 1980.[2][3]
Bibliography
- This Bridge Called My Back (anthology) Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press, 1981, contributor
- Not Vanishing, Vancouver: Press Gang Publishers, 1988, ISBN 0-88974-015-1
- Dream On, Vancouver: Press Gang Publishers, 1991
- In Her I Am, Vancouver: Press Gang Publishers, 1993
- Fugitive Colors, Cleveland: Cleveland State University Poetry Center, 1995, ISBN 1-880834-11-1
- Fire Power, Vancouver: Press Gang Publishers, 1995, ISBN 0-88974-047-X
- Some Poems By People I Like (anthology of 5 poets) Toronto: sandraslittlebookshop, 2007, ISBN 978-0-9739540-1-2
See also
- List of writers from peoples indigenous to the Americas
- Native American Studies
References
- ↑ Sorrel, Lorraine, "Not Vanishing", review in Off Our Backs. Washington: Mar 31, 1989. Vol.19, Iss. 3.
- ↑ "Chrystos: biography", Voices from the Gaps (University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts), retrieved 2012-01-25
- ↑ Local authors, Bainbridge Public Library, March 26, 2011, retrieved 2012-01-25
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