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“My story is an enormous undertaking. Hundreds of years in the making until past and present collide into a single moment.” Two murders, separated by more than two centuries, form the framework for this story about the strength of love, family, culture, and heritage. It is the destiny of the women in a Choctaw family to solve both murders with the help of the Shell Shaker, a powerful spirit and a peacemaker of the Choctaw people.
Read an Excerpt courtesy of Aunt Lute Books LeAnne Howe talks about Shell Shaker
Reviews "Very
few writers can shift a narrative skillfully between centuries and negotiate
an enemy language, tribal governments and a slew of spirits while doing
so. Very few can translate the soul of such legacy into words, and allow
the shape of such a story to weave itself, like stomp dancers around
the fire, naturally. LeAnne Howe has done it. Shell Shaker
is an elegant, powerful and knock out story. I'm blown away." "LeAnne
Howe has written a gripping and magical tale of ancient Choctaw blood
lust and unbreakable family love in modern-day Oklahoma. Shell Shaker
is a delicious read, a powerful journey into the hearts of some incredibly
strong Indian women." "A
brilliant, surprising, hilarious, heartbreaking work that layers vision
upon vision and cracks America wide open. LeAnne Howe has created a
literary landscape you have never seen before and will never
forget." Review on Voices from the Gap website Return to Shell Shaker Links
About the Author
Before writing fiction, plays and scholarly essays, LeAnne Howe worked in Oklahoma as a waitress, and in a factory making the stems for plastic champagne glasses. She has worked on Wall Street for a securities investment firm, she has been a journalist. Most recently, she has taught at Carleton College, Grinnell College, Sinte Gleska University on Rosebud Sioux Reservation, and at Wake Forest University. Ms. Howe is an enrolled member of the Choctaw nation of Oklahoma. Information on LeAnne Howe from Native American Authors Online Native
America Calling Interview with LeAnne Howe Return to Shell Shaker Links
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