A Canon!

http://waylonlenk.blogspot.com/2011/04/coloumbes-reading-native-american.html This is a review that I wrote for Joseph L. Coulombe's new book, Reading Native American Literature. In it, he defines a potential canon of literature by Native authors. His list is: N. Scott Momaday, House Made of Dawn Leslie Marmon Silko, Ceremony Gerald Vizenor, Bearheart James Welch, Fool's Crow James Welch, Heartsong of Charging Elk Sherman Alexie, The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven Linda Hogan, Power This list is, to my thinking, incomplete. All of the selections are novels, with the exception of Alexie's collection of short stories. This list overlooks the outpour of poetry by Native artists, and it also overlooks my pet genre, drama. I would like to see a canon that gives a fuller picture of what Native literary artists are up to.