In Defense of Loose Translations is a memoir that bridges personal and professional experiences of the provocative and often controversial writer Elizabeth Cook-Lynn, who narrates the story of her intellectual life in the field of American Indian studies.
In Defense of Loose Translations is a memoir that bridges personal and professional experiences of the provocative and often controversial writer Elizabeth Cook-Lynn, who narrates the story of her intellectual life in the field of American Indian studies.
Elizabeth Cook-Lynn is professor emerita of English and Native Studies at Eastern Washington University. She received the 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Native Writers’ Circle of the Americas, among other awards. She cofounded Wí¿azo Ša Review and is the author of numerous books, including Why I Can’t Read Wallace Stegner, and Other Essays: A Tribal Voice; Anti-Indianism in Modern America: A Voice from Tatekeya’s Earth; and From the River’s Edge.
