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Audio Recording Laura Tohe reads and discusses Within Dinétah the People's Spirit Remains Strong on July 10, 2020. Within Dinétah the People's Spirit Remains Strong

Laura Tohe reads and discusses Within Dinétah the People's Spirit Remains Strong
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Title

  • Laura Tohe reads and discusses Within Dinétah the People's Spirit Remains Strong on July 10, 2020.

Other Title

  • Within Dinétah the People's Spirit Remains Strong

Summary

  • Laura Tohe reads and discusses her poem "Within Dinétah the People's Spirit Remains Strong" on July 10, 2020, from Sonic Alchemy Studio in Phoenix, Arizona. Tohe is an award-winning poet and recipient of the 2020 Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellowship. She has written four books, a chapbook, and two librettos for oratorios that were performed in Phoenix, Arizona, and in Rouen and Caen, France. Laura Tohe, Diné (Navajo), is Sleepy Rock People clan and born for the Bitter Water People.

Names

  • Tohe, Laura, author, speaker.
  • Library of Congress. Poetry and Literature Center, sponsor.

Created / Published

  • 2020.

Headings

  • -  American poetry--Indian authors
  • -  American poetry--21st century
  • -  Indians of North America--Poetry

Genre

  • Poetry
  • Poetry readings (Sound recordings)
  • Sound recordings
  • Digital photographs--Color--2010-2020

Notes

  • -  Dez Tillman, recordist.
  • -  Living Nations, Living Words: A Collection of First Peoples Poetry (AFC 2020/004: 28) Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
  • -  In English and Diné (Navajo).

Medium

  • 1 audio file (0:08:02) : digital, wav
  • 1 photograph : digital, jpg, color
  • 2 manuscripts (6 pages) : digital, pdf

Source Collection

  • Living Nations, Living Words: A Collection of First Peoples Poetry AFC 2020/004

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2020785228

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  • Laura Tohe, "Within Dinétah the People's Spirit Remains Strong" first published in To Give an Imagination to the Listener: Explorations in Navajo Poetry and Poetics, edited by Anthony K. Webster (University of New Mexico Press, 2009). Copyright © by Laura Tohe. Reprinted with the permission of the author. Photo by J. Morgan Edwards, courtesy of the author.

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Credit line: Living Nations, Living Words (AFC 2020/004), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Tohe, Laura, Author, Speaker, and Sponsor Library Of Congress. Poetry And Literature Center. Laura Tohe reads and discusses Within Dinétah the People's Spirit Remains Strong on. 2020. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2020785228/.

APA citation style:

Tohe, L. & Library Of Congress. Poetry And Literature Center, S. (2020) Laura Tohe reads and discusses Within Dinétah the People's Spirit Remains Strong on. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2020785228/.

MLA citation style:

Tohe, Laura, Author, Speaker, and Sponsor Library Of Congress. Poetry And Literature Center. Laura Tohe reads and discusses Within Dinétah the People's Spirit Remains Strong on. 2020. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2020785228/>.