Among Native American writers of mixed-blood heritage, few have
expressed their concerns with personal identity with as much
passion as Wendy Rose. A mainstay among American Indian poets whose
work addresses these issues, she is a writer with whom readers of
diverse ethnic backgrounds have consistently identified. In her
latest work, Rose returns to these major motifs while exploring a
new dimension: using poetry as a tool to delve into the buried
secrets of family history--and all of American history as well.
Confronting questions of personal history that itch like crazy--the
irritations that drive human existence--she acknowledges and pays
tribute to her Indian and European ancestors without hiding her
anger with American society. Rose's poems are strong political and
social statements that have a distinctly narrative flavor. Here are
Europeans who first set foot on America's shores while Taino
Indians greeted them as if they were visiting neighbors; Hopi and
Miwok "Clan Mothers, grand-daughters, all those the missionaries
erased"; and European forebears who as settlers pushed their way
relentlessly west. Through her vivid imagery, she speaks to and for
these ancestors with a sense of loss and an itching caused by the
biases provoked by ethnic chauvinism. "Itch Like Crazy" is a finely
crafted literary work that is also a manifesto addressing contacts
and conflicts in the history of Indian-white relations. By
presenting another view of U.S. history and its impact on the
Native Americans who are her ancestors, it offers a new
appreciation of the issue of "tribal identity" that too often faces
Native peoples of the Americas--and is too often misunderstood by
Euro-American society.
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