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Calling for a blanket dance a novel

Told in a series of voices, Calling for a Blanket Dance takes us into the life of Ever Geimausaddle through the multigenerational perspectives of his family as they face myriad obstacles. His father's injury at the hands of corrupt police, his mother's struggle to hold on to her job and ca...

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Main Author: Hokeah, Oscar, 1975- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2023.
Edition: First paperback edition.
Subjects:
Indians of North America > Fiction.
Families > United States > Fiction.
Indigenous peoples > Fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Social problem fiction.
Summary: Told in a series of voices, Calling for a Blanket Dance takes us into the life of Ever Geimausaddle through the multigenerational perspectives of his family as they face myriad obstacles. His father's injury at the hands of corrupt police, his mother's struggle to hold on to her job and care for her husband, the constant resettlement of the family, and the legacy of centuries of injustice all intensify Ever's bottled-up rage. Meanwhile, all of Ever's relatives have ideas about who he is and who he should be. His Cherokee grandmother urges the family to move across Oklahoma to find security; his grandfather hopes to reunite him with his heritage through traditional gourd dances; his Kiowa cousin reminds him that he's connected to an ancestral past. And once an adult, Ever must take the strength given to him by his relatives to save not only himself but also the next generation of family. How will this young man visualize a place for himself when the world hasn't given him a place to start with?
Item Description: "Readers Round Table, Algonquin. Reader's guide and other special features inside"--Back cover.
Physical Description: 267 pages : genealogical table ; 21 cm.
Awards: Winner of the Pen America Literary Award for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Fiction, 2023.
ISBN: 9781643753911
1643753916
Author Notes: Oscar Hokeah is a citizen of Cherokee Nation and the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma from his mother's side and has Mexican heritage through his father. He holds an MA in English with a concentration in Native American Literature from the University of Oklahoma, as well as a BFA in Creative Writing from the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA), with a minor in Indigenous Liberal Studies. He is a recipient of the Truman Capote Scholarship Award through IAIA and is also a winner of the Native Writer Award through the Taos Summer Writers Conference. His short stories have been published in South Dakota Review , American Short Fiction , Yellow Medicine Review , Surreal South , and Red Ink Magazine. He works with Indian Child Welfare in Tahlequah.

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