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Paula Gunn Allen , 1939-

Laguna Pueblo
Sioux

Paula Gunn Allen was born in 1939 and grew up on Cubero Land Grant in New Mexico. She received her Ph.D. from the University of New Mexico, in 1975. Allen is a well known feminist writer who is highly praised for her creative scholarly works, which promote Native American literature as a viable and rich source of study. Allen has also edited a number of books. She most recently taught at University of California, Los Angeles before her retirement in 1999.

 

Online resources by or about Paula Gunn Allen:

All the Good Indians
Author: Paula Gunn Allen
Type: etext
Description: An excerpt from Off the Reservation which was printed in the April, 1999 issue of Essence.
URL: http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m1264/12_29/54256675/print.jhtml
Paula Gunn Allen
Author: Michelle Rassett and David Lappen
Type: authorbio
Description: This page is part of a series from Voices from the Gaps: Women Writers of Color produced by the Department of English and Programs in American Studies at the University of Minnesota. Included is an in-depth biography, selected bibliography and related links.
URL: http://voices.cla.umn.edu/authors/PaulaGunnAllen.html
Paula Gunn Allen
Author: Paula Gunn Allen and Karen Strom
Type: authorbio
Description: Biographical and bibliographical information about Allen.
URL: http://www.hanksville.org/storytellers/paula/
Paula Gunn Allen
Author: Gale Group, Inc.
Type: authorbio
Description: This extensive biography of Allen comes from the Gale Group's Poet's Corner web site. The content was originally part of Contemporary Women Poets.
URL: http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/poets/bio/allen_p.htm

Books by Paula Gunn Allen:

Allen, Paula Gunn. As long as the rivers flow : the stories of nine Native Americans
New York : Scholastic, 1996.
Genre: Biography
Description: vi, 328 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 0590478699
Allen, Paula Gunn. A Cannon Between My Knees
New York, N.Y. : Strawberry Press, 1981.
Description: 17 p. ; 22 cm.
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 0936574062 (pbk.)
Allen, Paula Gunn. Grandmothers of the light : a medicine women's sourcebook
Boston : Beacon Press, 1991.
Genre: Nonfiction
Description: 246 p. ; 24 cm.
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 0807081027
Allen, Paula Gunn; Dunn, Carolyn. Hozho: walking in beauty : short stories by American Indian writers
Los Angeles, CA : Lowell House, 2001.
Genre: Short Stories
Description: xxvii, 223 p. ; p., 23 cm.
Edited by Paula Gunn Allen and Carolyn Dunn Anderson.
ISBN: 0737305851
Allen, Paula Gunn. Life is a fatal disease : collected poems 1962-1995
Albuquerque, NM : West End Press, 1997.
Genre: Poetry
Description: 198 p. ; 23 cm.
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 0931122856
Allen, Paula Gunn. Off the reservation : reflections on boundary-busting border-crossing loose canons
Boston : Beacon Press, 1998.
Genre: Essays
Description: 262 p. ; 24 cm.
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 080704640X
Allen, Paula Gunn. The sacred hoop : recovering the feminine in american indian
Boston : Beacon Press, 1986.
Genre: Nonfiction
Description: 311 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes index and bibliography. Indian women--North America American literature--Indian authors--History and criticism American literature--Women authors--History and criticism
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 0807046000
Allen, Paula Gunn. Shadow country
Los Angeles : American Indian Studies Center, University of CA, 1982.
Genre: Poetry
Description: 149 p., 2 leaves of plates : ill. ; 26 cm.
Series : Native American series
Audience: Adult
Allen, Paula Gunn. Skins and bones : poems 1979-1987
Albuquerque, NM : West End Press, 1988.
Genre: Poetry
Description: 69 p. ; 22 cm.
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 0931122503
Allen, Paula Gunn. Song of the turtle : American Indian literature, 1974-1994
New York : Ballentine Books, 1996.
Genre: Short Stories
Description: 353 p. ; 24 cm.
Edited with an introduction by Paula Gunn Allen. Contents : Zuma Chowt's cave / Opal Lee Popkes -- Tony's story / Leslie Marmon Silko -- Yellow calf / James Welch -- Wili Woyi / Robert J. Conley -- The snakeman / Luci Tapahonso -- Eagles / Dean Ing -- Flute song / Patricia Clark Smith -- Pilgrims / Roxy Gordon -- Tender Street / Mary Randle TallMountain --Aniwaya, Anikawa, and the killer teen-agers / Ralph Salisbury -- Amen / Linda Hogan -- Soul-catcher / Louis Owens -- Coyote learns a new trick / Beth Brant -- Charlie / Paula Gunn Allen -- Tsoai / N. Scott Momaday -- The orchard / Diane Glancy -- Compatriots / Emma Lee Warrior -- A seat in the garden / Thomas King -- Bicenti / Anna Lee Walters --Jules Bart, giving too much--August, 1946 -- Debra Earling -- Indigenous irony / Esther Belin -- Humiliation of the boy / Michelle T. Clinton -- Lipsha's luck / Louise Erdrich -- Bears / Joseph Bruchac -- The Russian duck / Martin Cruz Smith -- Groom service / Michael Dorris -- Somebody kept saying powwow / Sherman Alexie -- Neon powwow / Dan L. Crank -- The woman who fell from the sky / Joy Harjo -- Christianity comes to the Sioux / Susan Power -- Drum slowly...don't...stop...too...fast / Betty Louise Bell --Mary / Karen Wallace -- Siobhan La Rue in color / D. Renville American fiction--Indian authors.
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 0345375254
Allen, Paula Gunn. Spider Woman's granddaughters : traditional tales and contemporary writing by Native American women
Boston : Beacon Press, 1989.
Genre: Anthologies
Description: 242 p. ; 24 cm.
Edited and with an introduction by Paula Gunn Allen. Includes bibliography. Indian women--North America--Literary collections. Short stories, American--Indian authors. Short stories, American--Women authors. Women--Literary collections.
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 0807081000 and 0807081009
Allen, Paula Gunn. Studies in American Indian literature : critical essays and course designs
New York, N.Y. : Modern Language Association of America, 1983.
Genre: Nonfiction
Description: 384 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes index and bibliography. Indian literature--Study and teaching. Indian literature--History and criticism. Indians in literature
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 0873523555 (pbk.) and 0873523547
Allen, Paula Gunn. Voice of the turtle : American Indian literature 1900-1970
New York : Ballentine, 1994.
Genre: Anthologies
Description: 322 p.
Summary : Collection of 23 pieces from 17 Native American writers. Includes Eastman, Neihardt, McNickle, Momaday, and Ortiz.
Audience: Adult
Allen, Paula Gunn. The woman who owned the shadows
San Francisco : Spinsters, Ink, 1983.
Genre: Fiction
Description: 213 p : ill. ; 22 cm.
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 0933216076
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