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nila northSun, 1951-

Shoshone
Chippewa

northSun was born in Schurz, Nevada. Her poetry has been published in Callaloo in the special feature NEW EXPRESSIONS OF NATIVE AMERICA, Vol. 17, No. 1, Winter 1994. northSun lives in Fallon, Nevada.

 

Online resources by or about nila northSun:

Amazon.com talks to nila northSun
Author: Amazon.com
Type: authorbio
Description: A short interview with nila northSun.
URL: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/show-interview/n-n-orthsunila

Myth, Memory and Narrative: The Poetry of nila northSun
Author: Stephanie Fitzgerald
Type: authorbio
Description: A very nice site about northSun which includes biographical and bibliographical information about the poet and her works. Also offers the text of two of her poems, “what gramma said about how she came here” and “indian campground” .
URL: http://grad.cgu.edu/~fitzgers/webpage/mainpage.htm

Once a week
Author: nila northSun
Type: etext
Description: Text of nila northSun’s poem Once a week from volume 1 of Juice.
URL: http://www.frantik-pod.com/Leannes/48.html

Books by nila northSun:

northSun, nila. Diet pepsi & nacho cheese : poems
Fallon, NV : Duck Down Press, 1977.
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 091691805X

northSun, nila. Small bones, little eyes : poems
Fallon, NV : Duck Down, 1981, 1981.
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 0916918173

northSun, nila. A snake in her mouth : poems 1974-96
Albuquerque, NM : West End Press, 1997.
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 0931122872


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