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Song of Rita Joe

Autobiography of a Mi'Kmaq Pooet

Song of Rita Joe( )
Author: Joe, Rita
Series title:American Indian Lives Ser.
ISBN:978-0-8032-7594-2
Publication Date:May 1996
Publisher:University of Nebraska Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $16.00
Book Description:

Here is the enlightening story of an esteemed and eloquent Mi'kmaq woman whose message of "gentle persuasion" has enriched the life of a nation.

Rita Joe is celebrated as a poet, an educator, and an ambassador. In 1989, she accepted the Order of Canada "on behalf of native people across the nation." In this spirit she tells her story and, by her example, illustrates the experiences of an entire generation of aboriginal women in Canada.

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Book Details
Pages:199
Detailed Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Literary Figures
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.5 x 8.54 x 0.46 Inches
Book Weight:0.625 Pounds
Author Biography
Joe, Rita (Author)
A member of the Micmac nation, Rita Joe is one of the best-known native writers. Born in Nova Scotia, where she lived on the Eskasoni Reserve in Cape Breton, Joe won the Nova Scotia Writers Federation competition in 1974. Later she said that winning the prize made her think that other native writers would say: "If she can do it so can I." She has commented that "the stroke of a Native pen does wonders, especially for the coming generation." Deeply involved in education, Joe works not only with native children but speaks as well to a wide range of audiences on native culture, stressing its importance, development, and preservation.

Her first book, Poems of Rita Joe, appeared in 1978 and contains 26 poems. While Micmac translations accompany some of these poems, there are no translations in her second book, Song of Eskasoni: More Poems of Rita Joe (1988), which makes full use of Micmac lines and phrases along with the English. Marked by simplicity and directness, Joe's poetry expresses her solution to the problems of Indian-white relations: to rely on "the power of love and understanding."

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