Choctalking on Other Realities (Paperback)
Literary Nonfiction. Native American Studies. The collected stories/essays in CHOCTALKING ON OTHER REALITIES, by Choctaw author LeAnne Howe, depict with wry humor the contradictions and absurdities that transpire in a life lived crossing cultures and borders. The result is three parts memoir, one part absurdist fiction, and one part marvelous realism. The collection begins with Howe's stint working in the bond business for a Wall Street firm as the only American Indian woman (and 'out' Democrat) in the company, then chronicles her subsequent travels, invited as an American Indian representative and guest speaker, to indigenous gatherings and academic panels in Jordan, Jerusalem, Romania, and Japan.
LeAnne Howe is an enrolled citizen of the Choctaw Nation and writes fiction, poetry, screenplays, creative non-fiction, plays, and scholarship that primarily deal with American Indian experiences. In 2012, she was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Native Writers Circle of the Americas. Her short fiction has appeared in " Kenyon Review, Fiction International, Callaloo, Story, Yalobusha Review, Cimarron Review, Platte Valley Review, " and elsewhere, and has been translated in France, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, and Denmark. Her first novel, "Shell Shaker" received an American Book Award in 2002 from the Before Columbus Foundation. "Equinoxes Rouge, " the French translation, was the 2004 finalist for Prix Medici Estranger, one of France s top literary awards.. Howe s most recent novel is "Miko Kings: An Indian Baseball Story" was the Hampton University s Read-In-Selection for 2009-2010. In 2011, Howe was award the Tulsa Library Trust Award for her work as an American Indian writer in Tulsa, Oklahoma."