Title: My mother is now Earth /
Authors: Rolo, Mark Anthony.
Publisher: Borealis Books,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Rolo, Mark Anthony Family.; Rolo, Mark Anthony Childhood and youth.; Rolo, Corrine Winifred Bennett,; Ojibwa Indians Ethnic identity.; Ojibwa women Minnesota Big Falls Biography.; Ojibwa Indians Minnesota Big Falls Biography.; Mothers and sons; Mothers Death Psychological aspects.; Dreams Psychological aspects.; Big Falls (Minn.) Biography.
Abstract: With an innocent and sometimes brutal child's view, Rolo recounts stories of a woman who battles poverty, depression, her abusive husband, and isolation through the long northern Minnesota winters, and of himself, her son, who struggles at school, wrestles with his Ojibwe identity, and copes with violence. But he also shows, with eloquence and compassion, his adult understanding of his mother's fight to live with dignity, not despair.
Contents: Prologue -- 1971 -- The Story of Snakes -- An Ancient Winter -- Cloud Ceremony -- A Howling Loon -- Feast of Memory -- Dead Hippie Praying -- Wild Trees -- Evening of the Bear -- 1972 -- When the Land Whispers -- A Cat's Storm -- The Last Bloom of Lilacs -- Rocket Son -- Wounded Hearts -- A Magic Hat -- This Christmas Morning -- 1973 -- Young Summers -- A View from Fields -- Star Stick -- The Smile of Whiskey -- Eyes in the Sun -- Ghosts that Dream -- My Mother Is Now Earth -- Afterword.