The Hawk Shadow Taíno Winner of the 2018 Minnesota

Winner of the 2018 Minnesota Book Award for memoir

--Ursula K

Drawing on four years of research

and purification rites such as the Nahua sweat bath exemplifies the interconnected process of rebalancing that transpires throughout life in mental

She grips language like a fistful of wet guts and inks the page red--for desire

The Hawk Shadow Taíno Winner of the 2018 MinnesotaA pitch perfect story about sibling bonds and Anishinaabe cultural traditions, from the bestselling author of SkySisters. Serenity is following her brother, Big Ed, to his fishing spot on Hawk River. Big Ed explains that the river is named for the Hawk, Gekek, the Keepers of the river and their Protectors. "They see things far off in the distance, things we can't," he tells Serenity. Later, when Big Ed gets in trouble while fishing, Serenity follows