Shapes of Native Nonfiction: Collected Essays by Contemporary Writers

The Shapes of Native Nonfiction is a groundbreaking anthology of essays by 27 contemporary Native writers from tribal nations across Turtle Island, curated with care and creativity by editors Elissa Washuta and Theresa Warburton.

This innovative collection showcases the dynamic combination of established and emerging Native writers, pushing against the myth of the 'disappearing Native' and asserting a new narrative that isn't subject to colonizing.

With imaginative, world-making lyric essays that demonstrate the slippery, shape-changing possibilities of Native stories, this anthology offers responses to broader questions of materiality, orality, spatiality, and temporality in distinct Native literary traditions in North America.

Read more to discover the power of these shapes and the magic of this collection!