Indian Country Noir
Edited by Sarah Cortez and Liz Martínez
Step into Indian Country. Enter the dark welter of troubled history throughout the Americas, where the heritage of violence meets the ferocity of intent.
Features brand-new stories by: Mistina Bates, Jean Rae Baxter, Lawrence Block, Joseph Bruchac, David Cole, Reed Farrel Coleman, O'Neil De Noux, A.A. Hedge Coke, Gerard Houarner, Liz Martínez, R. Narvaez, Kimberly Roppolo, Leonard Schonberg and Melissa Yi.
Sarah Cortez, a law enforcement officer, is the award-winning author of the poetry collection "How to Undress a Cop." She brings her heritage as a Tejana with Mexican, French, Comanche and Spanish blood to the written page.
Liz Martínez’s stories have appeared in "Manhattan Noir," "Queens Noir" and "Cop Tales 2000." She is a member of Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers.
Bio
Liz Martínez is a PhD student in linguistics and applied linguistics at Arizona State University.
Praise for this book
Written by both Native and non-Native authors, the 14 stories in this worthy volume in Akashic's noir series range geographically from northern Canada to Puerto Rico and from New York's Adirondacks to Los Angeles. One of the more impressive entries is Melissa Yi's moving Indian Time, about Mohawk Fred Redish's painful attempts to visit his young sons under the care of his white mother-in-law. Leonard Schonberg's Lame Elk, about an alcoholic's last chance to reform, is a noir gem. Co-editor Martínez's poignant Prowling Wolves recounts the sad fate of Iwo Jima flag-raiser Ira Hayes.
Publishers Weekly
Whatever the case, each situation is built around individuals doomed by their heritage. Ultimately, each story gives readers a disturbingly insightful and relatively unknown view of the lives of thousands of fellow citizens all but invisible to mainstream America.
Denver Post
