Earth Keeper, N. Scott Momaday
Earth Keeper, N. Scott Momaday
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Earth Keeper
Reflections on the American Land

Author: N. Scott Momaday

Narrator: N. Scott Momaday

Unabridged: 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Caedmon

Published: 11/03/2020


Synopsis

""Dazzling. . . . In glittering prose, Momaday recalls stories passed down through generations, illuminating the earth as a sacrosanct place of wonder and abundance. At once a celebration and a warning, Earth Keeper is an impassioned defense of all that our endangered planet stands to lose."" — EsquireA magnificent testament to the earth, from Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and poet N. Scott Momaday.One of the most distinguished voices in American letters, N. Scott Momaday has devoted much of his life to celebrating and preserving Native American culture, especially its oral tradition. A member of the Kiowa tribe, Momaday was born in Lawton, Oklahoma and grew up on Navajo, Apache, and Peublo reservations throughout the Southwest. It is a part of the earth he knows well and loves deeply.In Earth Keeper, he reflects on his native ground and its influence on his people. “When I think about my life and the lives of my ancestors,"" he writes, ""I am inevitably led to the conviction that I, and they, belong to the American land. This is a declaration of belonging. And it is an offering to the earth.”  In this wise and wonderous work, Momaday shares stories and memories throughout his life, stories that have been passed down through generations, stories that reveal a profound spiritual connection to the American landscape and reverence for the natural world. He offers an homage and a warning. He shows us that the earth is a sacred place of wonder and beauty, a source of strength and healing that must be honored and protected before it’s too late. As he so eloquently and simply reminds us, we must all be keepers of the earth.

About N. Scott Momaday

N. Scott Momaday (1934-2024) is an internationally renowned poet, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, artist, teacher, and storyteller. He authored numerous works that include poetry, novels, essays, plays, and children’s stories. He won the Pulitzer Prize for his debut novel House Made of Dawn and was the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the Academy of American Poets Prize, the National Medal of Arts, the Ken Burns American Heritage Prize, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation's Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award, and the Frost Medal for distinguished lifetime achievement in poetry. A longtime professor of English and American literature, Momaday earned his PhD from Stanford University and retired as Regents Professor at the University of Arizona. In 2022, he was inducted into the inducted into the Academy of American Arts and Letters. 


Reviews

Goodreads review by Erin || erins_library on January 11, 2021

(Gifted from Harper Collins) Earth Keeper by N Scott Momaday is a short collection that reflects on the author’s (and in turn our) responsibility to the Earth. To take care of it and to amend the destructive path we’ve gone down, by reconnecting with the Earth. The book is broken into two sections be......more

Goodreads review by Deborah on January 12, 2022

As a Pulitzer Prize winning novelist, poet, and Kiowa tribe member, Momaday cherishes the earth, Native American culture, and the oral tradition. In stories he provides a homage and warning of our role to preserve this land. If we tend the earth, treat it kindly, and believe in it, it will thrive. U......more

Goodreads review by Michelle on July 28, 2022

**THANK YOU to Harper Collins, ya'll are some of the most thoughtful publishers! I found this collection by N. Scott Momaday SO POWERFUL! I felt like I was sitting with my unci (grandpa) with a cup of hot drink and listening to him talk. I felt so much reading this book, everything I've read from Mom......more

Goodreads review by Denver Public Library on May 16, 2022

Don’t let the length of this essay collection mislead you. Pulitzer Prize Winning author N. Scott Momaday manages to encompass the complexity and wonder of the natural world along with his peoples’ connection to the American landscape in a mere 65 pages. Each essay acts as “an offering to the earth,......more