Indigenous Spooky Myths & Horror

Oct 29th

Come on down to Auntie's for an intriguing evening with Tiffany Midge and Devon Mihesuah as they entertain us with indigenous spooky myths and horror. If you liked "Never Whistle At Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology" by Shane Hawk, you should come to this event!

About "Horns"

Winner of the Two Sylvias Press Wilder Poetry Book Prize.

Tiffany Midge's Horns is a comedic romp and a razor-edged burlesque, with seriousness in its bones. Midge's cast of characters, drawn from pop culture, history, and literature in equal measure, is epic, from the Maiden on the Land O'Lakes Butter Box to Martha Stewart to Corpse Bride, the Girl Scouts of America to Satan himself. Her structures are as abundant as her performers. There are lists, outlines, contemporary ghazals and sonnets, interviews, statistical round-ups, and marriage vows. There's nuance, too, and spot-on moments of lyricism: "Her dresses, hung in the closet like sides of beef," she writes in one poem. And at the end of "Matrimonial Vows for Cannibals: " "I will savor your brain for last, that soft, sweet rind, / your edible, desirable, loveable mind." True to its title, Horns is sharp, dangerous, and melodic, a collection that resonates with joyous critique.

-Diane Seuss, author of frank: sonnets

About the author

Tiffany Midge is a citizen of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe and was raised in the Pacific Northwest. She is a former columnist for Indian Country Today and taught writing and composition for Northwest Indian College. Midge’s award-winning books include The Woman Who Married a Bear and Outlaws, Renegades, and Saints: Diary of a Mixed-Up Halfbreed. She resides in Moscow, Idaho, where she has served as the city’s poet laureate. Geary Hobson is an emeritus professor of English at the University of Oklahoma. He is the author of numerous books, including The Last of the Ofos.


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