and future of the Dakota people

"This Town Sleeps is an utterly strange and compelling book

the work to come will not just surface suppressed stories

In the past

"—Louise Erdrich

Manifestation Wolverine land and future of the DakotaThe definitive collection from a groundbreaking Native American poet whose work traces the fault lines between past and present, real and surreal, comedy and tragedy to unveil a transcendent new vision of the world Hailed by the" Bloomsbury Review" as the nation's foremost contemporary Native American poet and by Sherman Alexie as the best poet in Indian Country, Ray Young Bear draws on ancient Meskwaki tradition and modern popular culture to create