Verb Animate: Poetry and Prompts from Collaborative Acts Swampy Cree and he came to view

and he came to view discourse on tribal self-determination as the most important objective for making a viable future for tribes

When the opportunity arises to teach a class on investigative reporting

as a young man at college

recording stories and documenting storytelling practices and examining the Eastern Cherokee oral tradition as both an ancient and contemporary literary form

Over five centuries of foreign rule-by Spain

Verb Animate: Poetry and Prompts from Collaborative Acts Swampy Cree and he came to viewVerb Animate explores the nuances and joys of Erdrich's artistic collaborations with Twin Cities choreographers, visual artists, digital artists, and others. Poems generated from these collaborations are paired with reflections on the experience of collaboration and prompts for readers to use to generate their own poetry in relation to art. Art from Jonathan Thunder, a frequent collaborator with Erdrich, appears on the cover and in the book.