Mother/Land (Earthworks Series) [Paperback]

Cheryl Savageau (Author)

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Publication Date: September 1, 2006 | Series: Earthworks Series

In "Mother/Land", Savageau weaves traditional, personal and family stories, with stories of colonization and resistance, revealing a landscape of trees, ponds, rivers and mountains rich in meaning for Abenaki people. Mother/Land is beaded with gems from her mother's jewel box-poems that tell stories of her mother's life and death, and the complexities of love and survival.

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About the Author

Abenaki poet, Cheryl Savageau has been awarded Fellowships in Poetry from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Massachusetts Artists Foundation, and three residencies at the MacDowell Colony. Her second book of poetry, Dirt Road Home, was a finalist for the Paterson Poetry Prize. She was awarded Mentor of the Year by Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers, as well as Writer of the Year for her children's book, Muskrat Will Be Swimming. Savageau also works as a textile artist. Her quilts have recently been exhibited at the University of New Hampshire in Durham.

Product Details

• Paperback: 156 pages
• Publisher: Folio Pub. Corp. (September 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1844712699
• ISBN-13: 978-1844712694
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,176,508 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Savageau is brilliantly down to earth, February 2, 2009

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This review is from: Mother/Land (Earthworks Series) (Paperback)

The Abenaki people are alive and writing. Cheryl Savageau's latest (check out her other titles) is proof positive that there is much to be learned from our home planet. Her poems weave in and out like a braid, taking the reader from human landscape to earth landscape and back again. Her simple language is nothing at all like simple language. Artfully, Savageau makes meaning out of simple observations, makes deep meaning out of relationships. I am reminded of all that is sacred about this earth and about our place in it when I read and read and read again these wonderful poems. I give her the best compliment a poet can give: I wish I had written these poems!