Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit

Leslie Marmon Silko, a former professor of English and fiction writing, is the author of novels, short stories, essays, poetry, articles, and screenplays. She has won numerous awards and fellowships for her work. She lives in Tucson, Arizona.

Bold and impassioned, sharp and defiant, Leslie Marmon Silko's essays evoke the spirit and voiceof Native Americans. Whether she is exploring the vital importance literature and language playin Native American heritage, illuminating the inseparability of the land and the Native Americanpeople, enlivening the ways and wisdom of the old-time people, or exploding in outrage over thegovernment's long-standing, racist treatment of Native Americans, Silko does so with eloquenceand power, born from her profound devotion to all that is Native American."Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit" is written with the fire of necessity. Silko'scall to be heard is unmistakable; there are stories to remember, injustices to redress, ways oflife to preserve. It is a work of major importance, filled with indispensable truths--a work byan author with an original voice and a unique access to both worlds.