Amy Krout-Horn(Oieihake Win, Last Word Woman) has resided in two worlds; the world of the sighted and the world of the blind. She has been a writer in both of them. She spent time in Washington DC acting as a political lobbyist for the disabled, worked as the first blind teaching assistant at the University of Minnesota’s American Indian Studies program, and holds degrees in American Indian studies and psychology. She is a regular contributor to Slate and Style magazine and, in 2008, was awarded their top fiction prize for War Pony. Amy, with her life-partner, Gabriel Horn, co-authored the novella, Transcendence (All Things That Matter Press, 2009). Her creative non-fiction was featured in the spring 2010 issue of Breath and Shadow, and Talking Stick Native Arts Quarterly published her essay, Bleeding Black, in their fall 2010 issue. Her latest book is an autobiographical novel, My Father’s Blood (All Things That Matter Press, 2011). Currently, she is at work on her third novel, Dancing in Concrete Moccasins.
A staunch advocate for social and environmental justice, she writes and lectures on native history and culture, diabetes and disability, and humanity’s connection and commitment to the natural world. For more information, to purchase books, or to contact Amy, please visit her official web site.
http://www.nativeearthwords.com/
Thanks to the kind folks who bought books today. I finally had a chance to pay back the 84-year-old veteran who has donated so many books to me. He was interested in Broadcast Century, a large coffee table history of the industry. I was happy to give it to him.
This morning I finished the editing of round four of Bob Rubenstein's The White Bridge. He is going his own way on a lot of the prose, which I believe still needs a lot of refinement. I won't argue, only suggest. It's his book and I hope I'm the one who's wrong.
Now playing on Martini in the Morning - Andrea Bocelli's beautiful version of Besame Mucho, which I will be downloading soon.
I'm reading Amy's new book, My Father's Blood now and it's an extremely well written pleasure to read. Really enjoying it.
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