“Maurice Kenny stands at the forefront of his generation. Few writers of any ethnicity are destined to be remembered in the mainstream of literary history; I believe that Kenny’s contributions as a po
Tekonwatonti/Molly Brant was the sister of famed warrior Chief Joseph Brant and wife of legendary Sir William Johnson. In a remarkable sequence of voices that span centuries, Kenny eloquently addresse
“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
Five decades of work are reflected in this expansive collection. Beginning with Kenny’s earliest work and continuing with poems from his next eighteen books, many long out of print, the book follows t
This new collection of poetry from Maurice Kenny explores identity, honors nature, and celebrates everyday life. Modern life is described, while Native American culture is glimpsed, ghost-like, on the
NewYork’s North Country can be hard to define: the region has solid boundaries onthree sides but not on the south, where it mingles with the AdirondackMountains. The spare and isolated landscape exper
TheAdirondacks have been written about since they were first spied by Europeansmore than five hundred years ago. Yet for most of the intervening centuries,few of those writers lived in the region of w
Reveals the development of Maurice Kenny’s growing artistic consciousness, while attesting to both the beauty and brutality of the world in which he lived.
