Marcie R. Rendon is an enrolled member of the White Earth Anishinabe Nation. She is a mother, grandmother, writer, and performance artist. A recipient of the Loft’s Inroads Writers of Color Award for Native Americans, she studied under Anishinabe author Jim Northrup. Her first children’s book is Pow Wow Summer …
“The tinikling offers a visual explanation of how bilingual writing works. Like the agile dancing feet of a tinikling dancer, a bilingual writer’s mind is connected to her feet at all times, transferring and translating the beat of clapping bamboos from a hearing experience to a whole body experience. Living …
“I would add that many programs do not even offer courses dealing with race and writing as an elective. I didn’t know such a thing existed. Over the duration of my program, my writing became less race conscious instead of more. Sure everything thing I do and say leaves the …
“You start to find your body again. Notice your feet on the ground. Walk barefoot in the grass and scrunch your toes into the cold soil. You eat full meals sitting down without your computer on or a chapter in front of you to edit. You watch movies at the …
