{"product_id":"bird-songs-dont-lie-writings-from-the-rez-paperback","title":"Bird Songs Don't Lie: Writings from the Rez - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGordon Lee Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDeborah A. Miranda\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEssays and short stories from a celebrated Cupeño\/Cahuilla journalist.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Johnson is by turns tender and hilarious--as ever. This book is a welcome addition to his loving history of the world as he knows it.\" --\u003cb\u003eSusan Straight\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eSacrament\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this moving collection of short stories and essays, Gordon Lee Johnson (Cupeño\/Cahuilla) cements his voice not only as a commentator on American Indian reservation life but also as a master of fiction writing. From the noir-tinged mystery of \"Unholy Wine\" to the gripping intensity of \"Tukwut,\" Johnson effortlessly switches genre and perspective, vividly evoking people and places that are fictional but profoundly true to life. Johnson's nonfiction is equally revelatory in its exploration of connections between past and present. Whether examining his own conflicted feelings toward the missions as a source of both cultural damage and identity or sharing advice on cooking for eight dozen cowboys and -girls, Johnson plumbs the comedy, catastrophe, and beauty of his life on the Pala Reservation to thunderous effect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGordon Lee Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Cahuilla\/Cupeño) lives and writes on the Pala Indian Reservation. A former newspaperman, he was last a columnist and feature writer for the \u003ci\u003ePress-Enterprise\u003c\/i\u003e, covering Southern California's Inland Empire. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eRez Dogs Eat Beans\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFast Cars and Frybread\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeborah A. Miranda\u003c\/b\u003e is an enrolled member of the Ohlone\/Costanoan-Esselen Nation of the Greater Monterey Bay Area in California, with Santa Ynez Chumash ancestry. In addition to \u003ci\u003eBad Indians\u003c\/i\u003e, she is the author of four poetry collections and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eSovereign Erotics: A Collection of Two-Spirit Literature\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 8 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 23, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47266951987449,"sku":"9781597147170","price":23.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/xWNnag3E8P9781597147170.webp?v=1768857725","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/bird-songs-dont-lie-writings-from-the-rez-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}