Tag Archives: Leslie Marmon Silko

God Reaches Us through Art

I share a talk about the relationship between God and creativity. Authors mentioned: Shelley, Homer, Plato, Silko, Walker, Clifton.

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New Monument Protected against Witchery

The new Ancestral Footprints National Monument closes the land to uranium mining. Leslie Marmon Silko should be glad.

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Silko Foresaw Arizona’s Water Crisis

In “Almanac of the Dead” (1991), Silko foresees Arizona’s current water problems.

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On Black Friday, Stay Focused

In “Ceremony,” Leslie Marmon Silko warns what can happen if we let commercialization blind us to our real gifts. It’s a good lesson for Black Friday.

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Indigenous Authors May Save Us

Silko’s “Ceremony” shows the way towards a climate-friendly future, if only we will listen.

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A Lion Judges Nature-Destroying Humans

Three mountain lion poems see the animal judging us for what we are doing to the environment.

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Literature, the Best Medicine

A Guardian article is filled with instances of literature alleviating the suffering of patients suffering from mental illness.

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Columbus from the Natives’ Viewpoint

For an Indian perspective on Christopher Columbus, here’s Laguna Pueblo author Silko.

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Haaland and Silko’s Laguna Pueblo Vision

The new Secretary of the Interior comes from the same tribe as novelist Leslie Marmon Silko and appears to hold the same view of the earth.

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