Lucille Lang Day will discuss traditional Native American songs and poems, as well as Native American poetry written in English from the 19th century to the present. She will look at themes, evolving perspectives, and the influence of historical events on the poetry. During the presentation, she will share poems from several relevant anthologies.
Lucille Lang Day has published eleven poetry collections, including
Birds of San Pancho and Other Poems of Place and
Becoming an Ancestor. She is also coeditor of two anthologies,
Red Indian Road West: Native American Poetry from California and
Fire and Rain: Ecopoetry of California, and the author of two children’s books and a memoir. Her many honors include the Joseph Henry Jackson Award, the Blue Light Poetry Prize, two PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Awards, including one for Red Indian Road West, and eleven Pushcart Prize nominations. The founder and director of Scarlet Tanager Books, she is of Wampanoag, British, and Swiss/German descent.
https://lucillelangday.com
