BLOG TOUR: Calling For A Blanket Dance by Oscar Hokeah

I'm excited to be a part of the Blog Tour for Calling For A Blanket Dance by Oscar Hokeah! I received a free copy for honest review from the publisher. Thanks so much to Algonquin Books and Oscar Hokeah for letting me be a part of the tour!

 

 

Title: Calling for a Blanket Dance

Author: Oscar Hokeah

Published by: Algonquin Books

Released: July 26, 2022

Source: Review Copy Provided by Publisher

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Synopsis: A moving and deeply engaging debut novel about a young Native American man struggling to find strength in his familial identity, from a stellar new voice in literary fiction.

Told in a series of voices, Calling for a Blanket Dance takes us into the life of Ever Geimausaddle through the multigenerational perspectives of his family as they soldier through a myriad of difficulties: his father's sudden kidney failure and subsequent disability, his mother's struggle to hold on to her job and care for her husband, the constant resettlement of the family, and Ever's own bottled-up rage at the instability all around him. Meanwhile, all of Ever's relatives have ideas about who he is and who he should be. His Cherokee grandmother urges the family to move across the state to find security; his dying grandfather hopes to reunite him with his heritage through traditional gourd dances; his Kiowa cousin reminds him that he's connected to an ancestral past. And once an adult, Ever must take the strength given to him by his relatives to save not only himself, but also the next generation of family.

How will this young man visualize a place for himself when the world hasn't given him a place to start with? Honest, heartbreaking, and ultimately uplifting, Calling for a Blanket Dance is the story of how Ever Geimausaddle found his way to home. (Synopsis from Goodreads)

 

My Thoughts: This is not my usual type of read, but I enjoyed it. It introduced me to topics and subjects that I wasn't familiar with. I loved learning and experiencing something new.

This book is a great experience. It covers a lot of topics. I'd definitely recommend giving it a read.

 

 

 

 

 

Oscar Hokeah is a citizen of Cherokee Nation and the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma from his mother's side and has Latinx heritage through his father. He holds an MA in English with a concentration in Native American Literature from the University of Oklahoma, as well as a BFA in Creative Writing from the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA), with a minor in Indigenous Liberal Studies. He is a recipient of the Truman Capote Scholarship Award through IAIA and is also a winner of the Native Writer Award through the Taos Summer Writers Conference. His short stories have been published in South Dakota Review, American Short Fiction, Yellow Medicine Review, Surreal South, and Red Ink Magazine. He works with Indian Child Welfare in Tahlequah.

 

 

Thanks so much for checking out my Blog Tour Stop for Calling for a Blanket Dance by Oscar Hokeah. Thank you to Algonquin Books and Oscar Hokeah for letting me be a part of the tour.