The Sound the Stars Make Rushing Through the Sky

The Sound the Stars Make Rushing Through the Sky: The Writings of Jane Johnston Schoolcraft, edited by Robert Dale Parker (Univ. of Penn. Press), is now available for purchase. A milestone in American Indian literary history, this volume presents for the first time a complete collection of writings by Jane Johnston Schoolcraft or Bamewawagezhikaquay (her Ojibwe name, which means Woman of the Sound the Stars Make Rushing Through the Sky). Schoolcraft, an author of stories and poems in English as well as a translator of traditional Ojibwe songs and texts, is one of the earliest known Native American literary writers. Samples of her poetry can be found in the current issue of 9L, thanks to Professor Parker and the University of Pennsylvania Press, and this new collection is a must-read for anyone interested in American literature and American Indian studies.