Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese's dog pick And write back Long Soldier

And write back Long Soldier does

making poems that are amalgams of poetry and proclamation

Bouncing in the middle of two cultures

compelling Fleur Pillager walks from her Ojibwe reservation to the cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul

Twin brothers Chickadee and Makoons have spent every day side by side and have done everything together since they were born—until the day the unthinkable happens and the brothers are separated

Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese's dog pick And write back Long SoldierWhy is there no Native woman David Sedaris? Or Native Anne Lamott? Humor categories in publishing are packed with books by funny women and humorous sociocultural political commentarybut no Native women. There are presumably more important concerns in Indian Country. More important than humor? Among the Din Navajo, a ceremony is held in honor of a baby's first laugh. While the context is different, it nonetheless reminds us that laughter is precious,