The Darkening Land
Poems
$56.79
- Paperback
102 pages
- Release Date
8 June 2027
Summary
In Cherokee oral culture, seven warriors travel westward to the realm of the dead, a place called the Darkening Land, to retrieve the Sun’s Daughter. For a Cherokee warrior like Marine Tom Holm, Vietnam was in the west like the Darkening Land. When the warriors of myth returned with the Sun’s Daughter, she escaped and turned into the Redbird, beautiful and free. For a Vietnam veteran like Holm, return trailed trauma, and escape was haunted by death and damage. In The Darkening Land, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780806197661 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0806197668 |
| Author: | Tom Holm |
| Publisher: | University of Oklahoma Press |
| Imprint: | University of Oklahoma Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 102 |
| Release Date: | 8 June 2027 |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |
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Critics Review
“Darkening Land shares a Cherokee tale of an errant warrior sent to the place of the dead, and his return to healing and living. The poetry collection exudes humility and humor, horror and kindness. It is a manifestation of the worst and best of our humanity.“—Sean Teuton, author of Native American Literature: A Very Short Introduction
“I am impressed with fellow Marine and writer Tom Holm’s collection of poems about that time and place that we have both known. Holm deeply honors our fellow gyrenes better than any other writer. I highly recommend Darkening Land as a work of strength and dignity.“—Geary Hobson, author of The Road Where the People Cried
Tom Holm
Tom Holm (citizen of Cherokee Nation/Muscogee descent) is the author of numerous books on Native American veterans, including Ira Hayes: The Akimel O’odham Warrior, World War II and Strong Hearts, Wounded Souls: Native American Veterans of the Vietnam War. He is also the author of three novels. Holm is professor emeritus of American Indian Studies at the University of Arizona. In the U.S. War in Vietnam, Holm served in Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines.
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