Leslie Marmon Silko
Author of Ceremony
About the Author
Leslie Marmon Silko was born in 1948 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Growing up on a reservation, she went to Bureau of Indian Affairs schools before attending the University of New Mexico. She taught at the Navajo Community College in Arizona and is a professor of English at the University of Arizona, show more Tucson. Marmon has written short stories, poetry, plays and novels. Her books include Laguna Woman, Ceremony and Yellow Woman. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Credit: James Nguyen, The Fairfield Mirror.
Works by Leslie Marmon Silko
A Circle of Nations: Voices and Visions of American Indians (The Earthsong Collection) (1993) — Editor — 53 copies
Associated Works
Race, Class, and Gender in the United States: An Integrated Study (1992) — Contributor, some editions — 505 copies
You've Got to Read This: Contemporary American Writers Introduce Stories that Held Them in Awe (1994) — Contributor — 376 copies
Spider Woman's Granddaughters: Traditional Tales and Contemporary Writing by Native American Women (1989) — Contributor — 315 copies
When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry (2020) — Contributor — 237 copies
Reinventing the Enemy's Language: Contemporary Native Women's Writings of North America (1997) — Contributor — 161 copies
The Man to Send Rain Clouds: Contemporary Stories by American Indians (1992) — Contributor — 139 copies
Still Wild: Short Fiction of the American West 1950 to the Present (2000) — Contributor — 135 copies
Before Columbus Foundation Fiction Anthology: Selections from the American Book Awards 1980-1990 (1992) — Contributor — 67 copies
Songs from This Earth on Turtle's Back: Contemporary American Indian Poetry (1983) — Contributor — 66 copies
The Remembered Earth: An Anthology of Contemporary Native American Literature (1979) — Contributor — 65 copies
Native Heritage: Personal Accounts by American Indians, 1790 to the Present (1995) — Contributor — 54 copies
Speaking for the Generations: Native Writers on Writing (Sun Tracks) (1997) — Contributor — 44 copies
The Lightning Within: An Anthology of Contemporary American Indian Fiction (1991) — Contributor — 24 copies
Pueblo Imagination: Landscape and Memory in the Photography of Lee Marmon (2003) — Contributor — 12 copies
20th Century American Short Stories, Volume 2 — Contributor — 3 copies
TriQuarterly 48: Western Stories — Contributor — 2 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1948-03-05
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- Laguna Pueblo
- Country (for map)
- USA
- Birthplace
- Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
- Places of residence
- Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA (USA)
- Education
- University of New Mexico (BA)
- Occupations
- poet
novelist - Awards and honors
- Lannan Literary Award (Fiction ∙ 2000)
MacArthur Foundation "Genius Grant" (1981)
Lifetime Achievement Award, Native Writers Circle of The Americas (1994)
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Reviews
Ceremony (Contemporary American Fiction Series) by Leslie Marmon Silko
Main character is Native American, was released after imprisonment after WWII and returns home
Her writing is lyrical, suspenseful, and matter of fact, by turns. I first came across her short story "Lullaby" in college lit class, and was floored by it.
Yes, her approach moves seamlessly between time periods and various events so the reader must remain alert. But what of it? This reads like a dream, only the harshness is the lives of Native Americans who populate this novel. Just read it.
Yes, her approach moves seamlessly between time periods and various events so the reader must remain alert. But what of it? This reads like a dream, only the harshness is the lives of Native Americans who populate this novel. Just read it.
A prescient and complex tale of interconnected criminal and American Indian families around Tuscon Arizona, 'city of thieves'. A theme of the book is European injustice and violence towards Indians, and a prophesied end of European influence in the Americas.
Written in 1991 there are references to cybercrime, increasing natural disasters, ecoterrorism, water shortages and economic depression, the absolute callousness of the rich to the poor, increasing psychosis among white people. It could have been written about today (2023); if anything it has become more relevant over time.… (more)
Written in 1991 there are references to cybercrime, increasing natural disasters, ecoterrorism, water shortages and economic depression, the absolute callousness of the rich to the poor, increasing psychosis among white people. It could have been written about today (2023); if anything it has become more relevant over time.… (more)
This was not my kinda book. I listened to about two thirds of it and then rejected it because it was just repetitive and unbelievable. the publisher says "...becomes a moving and deeply personal contemplation of the enormous spiritual power of the natural world..." She had me at multiple snakes on the property, but then when she began to converse with bees and two dogs with pet mouse and a talking one legged parrot, I just lost confidence with credibility and more of the book. When she complained to the county about disturbing the rocks, I thought that they must think her nutty. DNF.… (more)
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