The Radiant Lives of Animals short stories and her grandmother

and her grandmother

one of the first Native American women elected to Congress

is an elder from the Leech Lake Reservation in Minnesota who currently lives in Cass Lake

and the ancient rites and traditions of his people

have grown to larger-than-life proportions

The Radiant Lives of Animals short stories and her grandmotherFrom a celebrated Chickasaw writer, a spiritual meditation, in prose and poetry, on our relationship to the animal world, in an illustrated gift package. Concerned that human lives and the natural world are too often defined by people who are separated from the land and its inhabitants, Indigenous writer and environmentalist Linda Hogan depicts her own intense relationships with animals as an example we all can follow to heal our souls and reconnect