Native American Authors
Gloria Bird , 1951-
Spokane
Gloria Bird was born in Washington State in 1951. She received her Bachelor's degree in English Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon, and her Master's degree in Literature from the University of Arizona. She is one of the founding members of the Northwest Native American Writers Association. Bird lives in Spokane, WA and works for the Spokane Tribe. She is an Associate Editor for theWicazo Sa Review and is on the board of Wakiknabe Theater Company.
Awards and Honors
Diane Decorah Memorial Award for Poetry
Online resources by or about Gloria Bird:
Gloria BirdAuthor: Gloria Bird and Karen Strom
Type: authorbio
Description: Biographical and bibliographical information about Bird.
URL: http://www.hanksville.org/storytellers/gbird/
Books by Gloria Bird:
Bird, Gloria. A filmography for Native American educationSante Fe, NM : Zia Cine, 1973.
Genre: Nonfiction
Audience: Adult
Bird, Gloria. Full moon on the reservation
Greenfield Center, NY : Greenview Review Press, 1993.
Genre: Poetry
Bird, Gloria; Harjo, Joy. Reinventing The Enemy's Language
New York : W.W. Norton, 1997.
Genre: Nonfiction
ISBN: 0393318281
Bird, Gloria. The River of History: Prose Poems
Portland, OR : Trask House Press, 1997.
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 0932264131
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