Cheyenne Madonna

Cheyenne Madonna - Paperback

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Cheyenne Madonna - Paperback

Cheyenne Madonna - Paperback

by Eddie Chuculate
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by Eddie Chuculate (Author)

A gritty, yet humor and pathos-filled portrait of a young Native American struggling with the two constants in his life-alcohol and art. "Every sentence is unexpected, yet infallible." -Ursula K. LeGuin

Eddie Chuculate's prize-winning collection of linked short stories follows Jordan Coolwater from bored young boy, to thoughtful teenager, struggling artist, escaped convict, and finally, father. Readers will find an unsentimental portrait of America, of its dispossessed, its outlaws, and its visionaries.

The first story in this debut collection, "Galveston Bay, 1826," won an O. Henry Prize, and the second, "Yo Yo," received a Pushcart Prize Special Mention. Admirers of the short stories of Jim Harrison and Annie Proulx will appreciate Chuculate's steady, confident prose rooted in American realism.

"Eddie Chuculate emerges as an important new talent in his generation of storytellers. He's a kind of journalist of the soul as he investigates the broken-hearted nation of Indian men. The epicenter of action is the tenuous meeting place between boyhood and manhood, between fierce need and desire. Chuculate relates a world that is exactly what it is, with no romantic savage junk, and no temporary spiritual life preservers. In the midst of despair there's a shrine of meaning that surfaces, like the miracle of sunrise after an all-night party."-Joy Harjo, United States Poet Laureate
Number of Pages: 108
Dimensions: 0.6 x 9 x 6 IN
Publication Date: July 16, 2010
Award: Oklahoma Book Award (2011)
ISBN9781574232165
Author Eddie Chuculate
PublisherBlack Sparrow Press
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedJuly 2010
LanguageENG- English
Pages108
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Eddie Chuculate

Eddie Chuculate is an American fiction writer of Muscogee (Creek) and Cherokee descent. He received his MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. Chuculate won a PEN/O. Henry Award in 2007 for his story, "Galveston Bay, 1826." Chuculate's stories have appeared in Manoa, Ploughshares, the Iowa Review, Blue Mesa Review, Many Mountains Moving, and The Kenyon Review. He also earned a degree in creative writing from the Institute of American Indian Arts and held a Wallace Stegner Fellowship in creative writing at Stanford University. He currently lives in Minneapolis.

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