Brian Swann Books

Touching the distance

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A collection of brief poems, most only a single line, adapted from the riddles of various Native American tribes. The illustrations reveal the answers to the riddles.

Native American Songs and Poems

By Brian Swann

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Recovering the Word

By Arnold Krupat, Brian Swann

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Funhouse

By Brian Swann

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Fifteen brief poems, with folk sources in a variety of countries, present riddles to solve which can be answered in the illustrations.

Coming to Light Contemporary Translations of the

By Brian Swann

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"The vitality of the spoken word is essential to Native American cultures. Because of their dependence on oral performance, the stories, songs, legends, and ceremonies of a Native people often died...

Wearing the Morning Star

By Brian Swann

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As Brian Swann demonstrated in Coming to Light, his compilation of Native American literature, the indigenous peoples of North America have a rich and vibrant oral tradition. With Wearing the Morni...

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