Linda Hogan

Raised in a remote seaside village, Thomas Witka Just marries Ruth, his beloved since infancy. But an ill-fated decision to fight in Vietnam changes his life forever: cut off from his Native American community, he fathers a child with another woman. When he returns home a hero, he finds his tribe in conflict over the decision to hunt a whale, both a symbol of spirituality and rebirth and a means of survival. In the end, he reconciles his two existences,...

Dark. Sweet. offers readers the sweep of Linda Hogan's work--environmental and spiritual concerns, her Chickasaw heritage--in spare, elemental, visionary language. From "Those Who Thunder": Those who thunder have dark hair and red throw rugs. They burn paper in bathroom sinks. Their voices refuse to suffer and their silences know the way straight to the heart; it's bus route number eight.

Cómo habitar nuestra casa común es una cuestión teológica y ética de gran relevancia y especialmente urgente. Este número de Concilium explora la tradición cristiana, profunda y diversa, de reverencia por la naturaleza y el cuidado de la tierra, y reflexiona sobre la teología de la naturaleza abordando los nuevos y complejos desafíos ambientales a los que se enfrenta la humanidad.

"Early in this century, rivers of oil were found beneath Oklahoma land belonging to Indian people, and beautiful Grace Blanket became the richest person in the Territory. But she was murdered by the greed of white men, and the Graycloud family, who cared for her daughter, began dying mysteriously too. Letters begging for help sent to Washington, D.C., went unanswered, until at last a Native American government official, Stace Red Hawk, traveled west...

"In these essays and poems, Hogan depicts her own intense relationships with animals as an example to the rest of us"--

El fin de la vida parece un concepto engañosamente sencillo: toda vida tiene un principio y un final. Sin embargo, cuanto más se piensa en este simple hecho de la vida más preguntas surgen. El final de la vida en algunos contextos culturales tiende a reprimirse y ocultarse. Sin embargo, para las poblaciones pobres y marginadas, donde la muerte está siempre presente, el final de la vida es inmediatamente una parte de la vida. Quizá la pandemia...