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“Both a masterpiece about the universal human condition and a masterpiece of Native American literature. . . . A beautiful artistic object, a book everyone should read for the joy and emotion of the language it contains.” — The Paris Review A special 50th anniversary edition of the magnifi... Read More about House Made of Dawn [50th Anniversary Ed]: A Novel

“These are the poems of a master poet. . . . When you read these poems, you will learn to hear deeply the sound a soul makes as it sings about the mystery of dreaming and becoming.” — Joy Harjo, Mvskoke Nation, U.S. Poet Laureate Pulitzer Prize winner and celebrated American master N. Scot... Read More about The Death of Sitting Bear: New and Selected Poems

“[Momaday] must be ranked among the greatest of our contemporary writers.”—American Scholar "Momaday’s poems are rich with description, lush with dreaming, and filled with magic." — Library Journal (starred review) From Pulitzer Prize winner and revered literary master N. Scott Momada... Read More about Dream Drawings: Configurations of a Timeless Kind

"Dazzling. . . . In glittering prose, Momaday recalls stories passed down through generations, illuminating the earth as a sacrosanct place of wonder and abundance. At once a celebration and a warning, Earth Keeper is an impassioned defense of all that our endangered planet stands to lose.... Read More about Earth Keeper: Reflections on the American Land

The Way to Rainy Mountain recalls the journey of Tai-me, the sacred Sun Dance doll, and of Tai-me's people in three unique voices: the legendary, the historical, and the contemporary. It is also the personal journey of N. Scott Momaday, who on a pilgrimage to the grave of his Kiowa grandmother trave... Read More about The Way to Rainy Mountain, 50th Anniversary Edition

"The boy, the bird, and the beasts made a circle of wonder and good will around the real gift of fire, and beyond them were other wider circles, made of the meadow, the mountains, and the starry sky, all the fires and processions, all the voices and silences of all the world. . . . His spirit wheele... Read More about Circle of Wonder: A Native American Christmas Story