Earth Keeper: Reflections On The American Land

Earth Keeper: Reflections On The American Land

"Dazzling. . . . In glittering prose, Momaday recalls stories passed down through generations, illuminating the earth as a sacrosanct place of wonder and abundance. At once a celebration and a warning,?arth Keeper?s an impassioned defense of all that our endangered planet stands to lose."?-?squireA magnificent testament to the earth, from Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and poet N. Scott Momaday. One of the most distinguished voices in American letters, N. Scott Momaday has devoted much of his life to celebrating and preserving Native American culture, especially its oral tradition. A member of the Kiowa tribe who was born and grew up on Indian reservations throughout the Southwest, Momaday has an intimate connection to the land he knows well and loves deeply.?n?arth Keeper: Reflections on the American Land,?e reflects on his native ground and its influence on his people. ?When I think about my life and the lives of my ancestors, I am inevitably led to the conviction that I, and they,?elong?o the American land. This is a declaration of belonging. And it is an offering to the earth.? he writes.Momaday recalls stories of his childhood, stories that have been passed down through generations, stories that reveal a profound and sacred connection to the American landscape and a reverence for the natural world.?n this moving and lyrical work, he offers an homage and a warning. Momaday reminds us that the Earth is a sacred place of wonder and beauty; a source of strength and healing that must be protected before it?s too late. As he so eloquently yet simply expresses, we must all be keepers of the Earth.Review?Poets and storytellers have always reminded us of our spiritual connections to the land and the world around us - passed along through dreams, stories, memories, and mythologies. Scott Momaday skillfully continues this tradition inEarth Keeper, from which we can all learn and benefit.? (Robert Redford)?Earth Keeper is a prayer for continuity in these days of uncertainty. I cannot tell you why I loved this book, I can only tell you I wept my way through it.?ach page brought me closer to myself, a self I had lost in the pandemic. We need Scott Momaday's calm, clear prose and stories.?ords are medicine. There is wisdom in sharing?hat one knows, especially at a time when we know so little.?Let me say my heart,? he says.?And he does.? (Terry Tempest Williams, author of Erosion: Essays of Undoing)"Dazzling. . . . In glittering prose, Momaday recalls stories passed down through generations, illuminating the earth as a sacrosanct place of wonder and abundance. At once a celebration and a warning,?arth Keeper?s an impassioned defense of all that our endangered planet stands to lose." (Esquire)?Wonder abounds in these pages. . . . Short chapters of prose that read almost like prayers to the natural world.? (Kirkus Reviews)?Short but satisfying. . . . Using lyrical, heartfelt language, [Momaday] looks back on a life lived close to nature, and on the joy that natural wonders have given him. . . . At a time when bad news is in plentiful supply, readers will find Momaday?s words refreshing and comforting in their sincerity.? (Publishers Weekly)"A?rofound reflection on humanity's relationship with its terrestrial home, the planet Earth." (Booklist)?A collection of short essays as multilayered and majestic as the landscape that has been present in everything that Momaday has written. . . . [A] poetic love letter to the Earth.? (Minneapolis Star Tribune)"Part memory and part meditation, part poem and part prayer,?arth Keeper?s a short but powerful collection that holds its arms out to the world, asking to be read again and again. "I make a prayer for words," writes Momaday. "Let me say my heart." That heart is evident on every page of?arth Keeper, a reminder that body, soul and earth are inextricably woven together, and to deny that connection is to deny one's very h