Remnants of the First Earth

The American Indian author of Black Eagle Child paints "a portrait of a writer struggling both to preserve his people's heritage and to turn it into art" (The New York Times Book Review).

Ray A. Young Bear's work has been called "magnificent" by the New York Times and "a national treasure" by the Bloomsbury Review. Dazzlingly original, but with deep roots in his traditional Mesquakie culture, Young Bear is a master wordsmith poised with trickster-like aplomb between the ancient world of ...