The Mama Poems
“The world [Maurice] Kenny opens for us is personal, yet never sentimental. It is a world in which long-dead relatives can appear when they are needed; in which the drum sounds in rituals of curing; a world vibrant with the natural landscape.”—Joseph Bruchac, Small Press Review

In conjunction with the publication of Connotations, we are pleased to release a new edition of American Book Award–winner Maurice Kenny’s The Mama Poems, a cycle of poems centered on the life of Kenny’s late mother.

Maurice Kenny is one of the major voices of Native American letters. His books of poetry include Tekonwatonti: Molly Brant and Carving Hawk.

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The Mama Poems
“The world [Maurice] Kenny opens for us is personal, yet never sentimental. It is a world in which long-dead relatives can appear when they are needed; in which the drum sounds in rituals of curing; a world vibrant with the natural landscape.”—Joseph Bruchac, Small Press Review

In conjunction with the publication of Connotations, we are pleased to release a new edition of American Book Award–winner Maurice Kenny’s The Mama Poems, a cycle of poems centered on the life of Kenny’s late mother.

Maurice Kenny is one of the major voices of Native American letters. His books of poetry include Tekonwatonti: Molly Brant and Carving Hawk.

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The Mama Poems

The Mama Poems

by Maurice Kenny
The Mama Poems

The Mama Poems

by Maurice Kenny

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“The world [Maurice] Kenny opens for us is personal, yet never sentimental. It is a world in which long-dead relatives can appear when they are needed; in which the drum sounds in rituals of curing; a world vibrant with the natural landscape.”—Joseph Bruchac, Small Press Review

In conjunction with the publication of Connotations, we are pleased to release a new edition of American Book Award–winner Maurice Kenny’s The Mama Poems, a cycle of poems centered on the life of Kenny’s late mother.

Maurice Kenny is one of the major voices of Native American letters. His books of poetry include Tekonwatonti: Molly Brant and Carving Hawk.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781893996977
Publisher: White Pine Press
Publication date: 04/01/2008
Pages: 64
Product dimensions: 5.80(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.20(d)

About the Author

Maurice Kenny is visiting professor at the State University of New York at Potsdam. He lives in Saranac Lake in New York State's Adirondack Mountains.
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