{"product_id":"dream-drawings-configurations-of-a-timeless-kind-9780063218116","title":"Dream Drawings: Configurations of a Timeless Kind","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"[Momaday] must be ranked among the greatest of our contemporary writers.\"--\u003cem\u003eAmerican Scholar\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Momaday's poems are rich with description, lush with dreaming, and filled with magic.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e-- \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal \u003c\/em\u003e(starred review)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom Pulitzer Prize winner and revered literary master N. Scott Momaday, a beautiful and enchanting new poetry collection, at once a celebration of language, imagination, and the human spirit.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Language and the imagination work hand in hand, and together they enable us to reveal us to ourselves in story. That is indeed a magical process. . . . We imagine and we dream, and we translate our dreams into language.\" \u003cem\u003e--from the Preface\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA singular voice in American letters, Momaday's love of language and storytelling are on full display in this brilliant new collection comprising one hundred sketches or \"dream drawings\"--furnishings of the mind--as he calls them. Influenced by his Native American heritage and its oral storytelling traditions, here are prose poems about nature, animals, warriors, and hunters, as well as meditations that explore themes of love, loss, time, and memory. Each piece, full of wisdom and wonder, showcases Momaday's extraordinary lyrical talent, the breadth of his imagination, and the transformative power of his writing. \u003cem\u003eDream Drawings\u003c\/em\u003e is also illustrated with a selection of black-and-white paintings by Momaday that capture the spirit of his prose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoignant, inspired, and timeless, this is a collection that will nourish the soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMomaday, N. Scott:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eN. Scott Momaday is an internationally renowned poet, novelist, artist, teacher, and storyteller whose works celebrate and preserve Native American heritage. He won the Pulitzer Prize for his novel \u003cem\u003eHouse Made of Dawn\u003c\/em\u003e and is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the Academy of American Poets Prize, the National Medal of Arts, the Ken Burns American Heritage Prize, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation's Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award, and the 2021 Frost Medal for distinguished lifetime achievement in poetry. A longtime professor of English and American literature, Momaday earned his PhD from Stanford University and retired as Regents Professor at the University of Arizona. He lives in New Mexico.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50628903862546,"sku":"9780063218116","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0ac4c990-2629-479a-a2dd-b8a9ab45051a.jpg?v=1732712834","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dream-drawings-configurations-of-a-timeless-kind-9780063218116","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}