Native Identity is Lost and Created in Tommy Orange’s “Wandering Stars”

Native Identity is Lost and Created in Tommy Orange’s “Wandering Stars”

[ad_1] When a group of 89 protesters calling themselves Indians of All Tribes (IAT) occupied the remnants of Alcatraz Island in 1969, the former prison that sits on federally annexed land had been abandoned by the U.S. government for nearly six years. The IAT cited the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie as justification for the … Read more

A First Look at S.L. Wisenberg’s “The Wandering Womb” – Chicago Review of Books

A First Look at S.L. Wisenberg’s “The Wandering Womb” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] The following excerpt is from S.L. Wisenberg’s The Wandering Womb: Essays in Search of Home. Spanning years and continents, this new collection follows Wisenberg as she combs through history books and family records in her search for home and meaning. S.L. Wisenberg is editor of Another Chicago Magazine and author of the fiction collection, The Sweetheart … Read more