N. Scott Momaday discusses "Earth Keeper: Reflections on the American Land" with Anderson Tepper
Join us for a Zoom talk with N. Scott Momaday, who discusses his latest book, Earth Keeper: Reflections on the American Land, with Anderson Tepper.
Deemed an “American Master,” Kiowa author N. Scott Momaday’s books have had an enormous impact on the country’s literary landscape, from his Pulitzer Prize-winning debut novel, House Made of Dawn (recently reissued in a fiftieth anniversary edition), to The Way to Rainy Mountain, The Ancient Child, and more.
His new book, Earth Keeper: Reflections on the American Land, is a blend of story and “blood memory” and forms something of a spiritual autobiography for Momaday, whose work is deeply rooted in the soil and spirit of the Southwest. “When I think about my life and the lives of my ancestors,” he writes, “I am inevitably led to the conviction that I, and they, belong to the American land. This is a declaration of belonging.”
N. Scott Momaday is an internationally renowned poet, novelist, artist, teacher, and storyteller whose works celebrate and preserve Native American heritage. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1969 for his novel House Made of Dawn and is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the Academy of American Poets Prize and the National Medal of Arts. His latest book of poetry, The Death of Sitting Bear, was published in March. He lives in New Mexico.
Anderson Tepper is co-chair of the international committee of the Brooklyn Book Festival.,and has served on the advisory committee of the PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature. He has written on books and writers for a variety of publications, including The New York Times Book Review, The New Yorker, Air Mail, and Words without Borders.
Please register for this free Zoom event. Registered audience members will receive a Zoom link prior to the event. Purchase Earth Keeper from our bookselling partner Greenlight Bookstore here for in-store pickup or direct-to-home shipping!
Author photo credit Darren Vigil Gray
This program is made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
Join us for a Zoom talk with N. Scott Momaday, who discusses his latest book, Earth Keeper: Reflections on the American Land, with Anderson Tepper.
Deemed an “American Master,” Kiowa author N. Scott Momaday’s books have had an enormous impact on the country’s literary landscape, from his Pulitzer Prize-winning debut novel, House Made of Dawn (recently reissued in a fiftieth anniversary edition), to The Way to Rainy Mountain, The Ancient Child, and more.
His new book, Earth Keeper: Reflections on the American Land, is a blend of story and “blood memory” and forms something of a spiritual autobiography for Momaday, whose work is deeply rooted in the soil and spirit of the Southwest. “When I think about my life and the lives of my ancestors,” he writes, “I am inevitably led to the conviction that I, and they, belong to the American land. This is a declaration of belonging.”
N. Scott Momaday is an internationally renowned poet, novelist, artist, teacher, and storyteller whose works celebrate and preserve Native American heritage. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1969 for his novel House Made of Dawn and is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the Academy of American Poets Prize and the National Medal of Arts. His latest book of poetry, The Death of Sitting Bear, was published in March. He lives in New Mexico.
Anderson Tepper is co-chair of the international committee of the Brooklyn Book Festival.,and has served on the advisory committee of the PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature. He has written on books and writers for a variety of publications, including The New York Times Book Review, The New Yorker, Air Mail, and Words without Borders.
Please register for this free Zoom event. Registered audience members will receive a Zoom link prior to the event. Purchase Earth Keeper from our bookselling partner Greenlight Bookstore here for in-store pickup or direct-to-home shipping!
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