Lies to Live By - Softcover

Beardslee, Lois

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0870136631 ISBN 13: 9780870136634

Publisher: Michigan State University Press, 2003

Synopsis

Lies To Live By brings together two selections of stories by Ojibwe storyteller Lois Beardslee. “Lies to Live By,” a series of interdependent tales, reflects the storyteller’s role in interpreting traditional stories for contemporary audiences, while preserving traditions based not in mysticism but in pragmatism. In “Calm Days,” three generations—the narrator, her grandfather, and her son—spend a week together on a remote island during the course of which they demonstrate the continuity of Ojibwe life. Together these stories weave the contemporary and the traditional to show how cultural diversity can be preserved even as cultural boundaries are transcended.

About this title

About the Author:

Lois Beardslee has been a teacher and writer for twenty-five years. She is also an accomplished artist, whose works are in public and private collections worldwide. Lois Beardslee practices many traditional art forms, including birch bark biting, quillwork, and sweetgrass basketry, as well as painting and illustration.

Review:

"Lois Beardslee is a talented and imaginative storyteller who has enlightened and entertained many audiences."

"It is like sitting across the coffee table during a delightful sunny morning. You're listening to Lois share personal insights as to being Native American, what it is like to raise a family, and what uniqueness life has to offer. A truly enjoyable book!"

About this edition

• Publisher: Michigan State University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0870136631
• ISBN 13: 9780870136634
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 143