Life is a Fatal Disease: Collected Poems 1962–1995

THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN INDIAN LITERATURE. OKLAHOMA, FACTS ON FILE, Alan R. Velie and Jennifer McClinton-Temple eds., 1997

1 Pages Posted: 15 Feb 2012

Date Written: February 12, 2006

Abstract

Attributed to Pocahontas, the Native American princess who helped establish peace between the colonists and the Indians, the phrase that is the provocative title of the collection is immediately telling, since it is allied to a common thread in Paula Gunn Allen’s work of reconciling and mediating between diverse American subcultures.

Keywords: Paula Gunn Allen

Suggested Citation

Patterson, Anthony, Life is a Fatal Disease: Collected Poems 1962–1995 (February 12, 2006). THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN INDIAN LITERATURE. OKLAHOMA, FACTS ON FILE, Alan R. Velie and Jennifer McClinton-Temple eds., 1997, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2003840

Anthony Patterson (Contact Author)

University of Liverpool ( email )

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Liverpool, Merseyside L69 7ZH
United Kingdom

HOME PAGE: http://www.liv.ac.uk/management/staff/anthony-patterson/

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