![]() Magical Elements in Silko's Works (02:31) now devote attention to minority and Native American studies, offering classes that solely study Silko. ![]() Silko teaches at the University of Arizona at Tucson. University Native American Studies (04:05) Silko feels that her writing took more of a poetic form when she was younger and less cynical. Silko's predilection for poetry comes naturally for her, like it does for many Native American writers. Writing helped her cope with life in boarding school. A natural story-teller, Silko grew up telling and writing stories. ![]() Myths and legends told and re-told for generations influence Silko's stories. She is shaped by the land and the matrilineal society in which she was raised. ![]() The arid and sometimes hostile landscape Silko was born and raised in provides fertile soil for her writing. Leslie Marmon Silko's novel, "Almanac of the Dead," relates past and present wars of Indians of North and South America, wars against violence, abuses, arrogance, and ignorance of whites. Silko is challenged to live up to this title. Writer Leslie Marmon Silko is considered the leading woman's voice of the American Indian Renaissance which emerged in the late 1960s. American Indian Renaissance (02:01) FREE PREVIEW ![]()
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