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leanne howe edmond , oklahoma , u.s. 250px 1951 leanne howe
 leanne howe author playwright scholar
leanne howe

leanne howe -lrb- born in 1951 -rrb- is an american author and eidson distinguished professor in the department of english at the university of georgia , athens .
an enrolled member of the choctaw nation of oklahoma , howe 's work has been published in a variety of journals and anthologies .
her book `` shell shaker '' received the before columbus foundation 's american book award for 2002 .
`` evidence of red '' , a collection of poetry , salt publishing , uk 2005 won the oklahoma book award in 2006 .
her second novel , `` miko kings : an indian baseball story '' was published in 2007 by aunt lute books .
`` seeing red : pixeled skins : american indians and film '' , michigan state university press 2013 , an anthology of film essays on american indians in movies is co-edited with harvey markowitz and denise k. cummings .
her latest book , a memoir titled `` choctalking on other realities '' and was awarded the first the mla prize for studies in native american literatures , cultures , and language in 2015 .
