![]() And in London's dark alleyways, a conspiracy is brewing. With a dying queen on the throne, war raging on the high seas and famine on the rise, England is on the brink of chaos. Treason, heresy and revolt in Queen Elizabeth's England. Whether examining his own conflicted feelings toward the missions as a source of both cultural damage and identity or sharing advice for cooking for eight dozen cowboys and -girls, Johnson plumbs the comedy, catastrophe, and beauty of his life on the Pala Reservation to thunderous effect. The nonfiction featured in Bird Songs Don’t Lie is equally revelatory in its exploration of complex connections between past and present. In Johnson’s stories, all of which are set on the fictional San Ignacio reservation in Southern California, we meet unforgettable characters like Plato Pena, the Stanford-bound geek who reads Kahlil Gibran during intertribal softball games hardboiled investigator Roddy Foo and Etta, whose motto is “early to bed, early to rise, work like hell, and advertise,” as they face down circumstances by turns ordinary and devastating. In this moving collection, Gordon Lee Johnson (Cupeño/Cahuilla) distinguishes himself not only as a wry commentator on American Indian reservation life but also as a master of fiction writing. ![]() ![]() Summary In this collection of essays and short stories, the Native American author explores reservation life through a range of genres and perspectives. READ Bird Songs Don't Lie - Writings from the Rez Gordon Lee Johnson ![]()
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