HEAP OF BIRDS, Edgar, ed.
HEAP OF BIRDS, Edgar, ed.
Norman, OK: Renegade/Point Riders Press, 1988. [36]pp; b&w illus. Photo-illustrated wraps. Fine.
Artists' book collecting art and literary contributions from five Native American artists: Shan Goshorn (a sequence of photographs, "Moontime: the Cycles of Life"), Edgar Heap of Birds (a text-based work, "Old Man Sat Calm Near the Heat"), Joe Dale Tate Nevaquaya (poems), Patricia Mousetrail Russell (photographs of textile embroidery, with accompanying texts), and Richard Ray (Whitman) (portraits with accompanying poetic texts). Contributor bios at rear. From the rear cover statement by Edgar Heap of Birds: "Makers thrive throughout native cultures all over the world. Expressing one's self against all odds and forms of repression, Makers shall forever find it a necessity to accept the challenge to comment and create." Scarce in the trade.
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