{"id":2793,"date":"2012-09-27T15:07:39","date_gmt":"2012-09-27T19:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=2793"},"modified":"2012-09-27T15:10:08","modified_gmt":"2012-09-27T19:10:08","slug":"an-evening-with-anishinaabe-writer-gordon-henry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=2793","title":{"rendered":"An evening with Anishinaabe writer Gordon Henry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Native American\u00a0writer Gordon Henry will be the featured presenter at a free Michigan Global Awareness Consortium event set for 6 p.m. Oct. 11 in the Oleson Center.<\/p>\n<p>The performance will include traditional\u00a0Anishinaabe\u00a0stories and songs, as\u00a0well as poetry and prose from Henry\u2019s work. He will be joined by musicians Mike Gilmore and Mike Johnston.\u00a0For some parts of the performance Henry will sing with a hand drum; for other parts he will recite his work, accompanied by Johnston and Gilmore.<\/p>\n<p>Henry\u2019s novel,\u00a0<em>The Light People,<\/em>\u00a0won an\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bookweb.org\/btw\/awards\/The-American-Book-Awards---Before-Columbus-Foundation.html\" target=\"_blank\">American Book Award\u00a0<\/a>in 1995, and his poetry,\u00a0prose and essays have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies throughout the U.S.\u00a0and Europe. \u00a0His work is informed by long time participation in ceremonies and by his\u00a0personal reflections on Anishinaabe life, place and relations. His most recent book,\u00a0<em>The\u00a0Failure of Certain Charms and Other Disparate Signs of Life<\/em>, published in 2007, is a\u00a0collection of poetry and prose, combining the languages and imagery of dreams, songs,\u00a0ceremonies, cultural memories, autobiography and Native American tales.<\/p>\n<p>Gordon Henry is an enrolled member of the White Earth Chippewa Tribe of Minnesota. He received an MA in creative writing from\u00a0Michigan State University and a PhD in English\u00a0from the University of North Dakota. He is professor of English at Michigan State University. \u00a0Formerly director of creative writing for MSU\u2019s\u00a0English Department, he is currently director of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nai.msu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">MSU\u2019s Native American Institute<\/a>. \u00a0He is also\u00a0senior editor for the Native American Studies\u00a0Series.<\/p>\n<p>The Michigan Global Awareness Consortium consists of Bay College, Mid Michigan Community College, North Central Michigan College and Northwestern Michigan College. 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