Gerald Vizenor Summary

The author of more than twenty-five books and a scholar of international reputation, Gerald Vizenor is one of the most prolific and versatile of contemporary Native American writers. His works, which ... Read more

In the following excerpt, Velie provides an overview of Vizenor's works and argues that Vizenor's writing can be best understood through a consideration of Anishinabe beliefs, his life e... Read more

In the following review, the critic provides an overview of Vizenor's works, commenting on the author's varied forms. Complainingabout those "wily, more competent Indians... Read more

In the following interview, Vizenor discusses the impact of his experiences in Asia on his writing. As Gerald Vizenor explains in the following interview, the act of going away has allowed him to r... Read more

In the following brief review, Warrior asserts that in Vizenor's novel The Heirs of Columbus, the author takes shreds of a "tragic history and claims them as property of the liberating l... Read more

In the following review of Dead Voices, Crum commends Vizenor's efforts to retell traditional Native American myths but finds the work unconvincing. Those wild animals that hold center stage... Read more

In the following review, Warrior argues that while retaining many aspects characteristic of Vizenor's previous work, Dead Voices is more mature and confident. Gerald Vizenor's new nov... Read more

In the review below, Whitson states the two works under review expand the readers exposure to Anishinaabe culture and literature. Gerald Vizenor, a Professor of Native American Studies at the Unive... Read more

In the following review, Berner states that while Vizenor makes astute points in Manifest Manners, the writing is muddled and infused with jargon. Those readers who may wonder what the terms in Viz... Read more

In the following review below, Churchill argues that when Vizenor relies on his journalistic talents, Manifest Manners provides useful insights but Vizenor's use of postmodern vernacular create... Read more

In the following essay, McNeil argues that Vizenor continues the work of the original editor of the stories—Theodore Hudon Beaulieu—by bringing them to a general readership. The trick... Read more

In the essay below, Ballinger discusses the vehicle for the "imaginative metaphor" presented in Earthdivers. "Earthdivers," says Gerald Vizenor at the beginning of Earth... Read more

In the following essay, Ruoff discusses the major thrust of all of Vizenor's work, whether poetry, drama, or prose, as being an examination of relationships between tribal and non-tribal worlds... Read more

In the following review, Yu compares the trickster in Vizenor's Griever with the Mind Monkey in Chinese literature. In religion and folklore of Africa and of North and South America, the tri... Read more

In the his review of Griever: An American Monkey King in China, Trachtenberg states that the novel is strengthened by Vizenor's use of language. "Imagination is the real world,"... Read more