Zitkála-Šá
2 books
- She writes about being lured from her mother's Dakota home to a missionary boarding school, and the scene where she hides under a bed while they come to cut her hair will stay with you. Quiet, angry, tender pieces, short enough to read in an evening.
- You get vivid, spare retellings where Iktomi’s schemes keep collapsing under his own foolishness, while animals, spirits, and children carry serious lessons about vanity and courage. The storytelling feels spoken aloud, with a quiet strangeness that rewards reading slowly rather than rushing from tale to tale.