Monthly Archives: February 2019

This Book will Haunt You

Posted on February 26, 2019 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Watch out for Teddy I’m beginning to hear voices. Ted Van Alst’s latest story about growing-up-Indian in Chicago has a captivating spirit that won me over. Completely. His character—Teddy—gets inside your head. Here’s a scene in the book (Sacred Smokes) … Continue reading →

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LITTLE THEORIES

Posted on February 6, 2019 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

(NOTE: I write from time-to-time about Little Theories, which I see as our assumptions of how the world works: sometimes we’re right and sometimes we’re wrong. But it makes for good conversation.)  Poodle skirts and persistence  I wrote recently about … Continue reading →

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