Title:
The dreamcatcher in the wry
Author:
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Publication Date:
2024
Publication Information:
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2024.
Physical Description:
xvi, 212 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781496240149
Abstract:
The Dreamcatcher in the Wry, Tiffany Midge's bitingly hilarious collection of essays written during the COVID-19 pandemic, builds on the critical acclaim of her earlier book Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese's. A Standing Rock Sioux citizen, Midge offers up her unique satire about the foibles of politics, consumerism, world affairs, pandemic anxieties, and other subjects from the pandemic years of 2020 through 2023.
General Note:
Bison Books
Contents:
Foreword by Devon Mihesuah -- I. Moscow/Pullman Daily News Columns -- 1: The Dreamcatcher in the Wry -- 2: I Am Not a Cat: America's Funniest Housecat Videos -- 3: What's Schadenfreude Got to Do with It? -- 4: Ramona Quimby was My First Literary Hero -- 5: Bitter Homes and Gardens and Decolonizing My Diet -- 6: Happy Darth Vader Day: Resolving and Letting Go of the Past -- 7: Madame Secretary in the Cabinet -- 8: Get Out of the Rut and Into the Groove -- 9: The Native Americans Used EVERY Part of the Sacred Turkey -- 10: Going Against the Grain Isn't Always a Bad Thing -- 11: The Goldilocks List: Cold Spots in Moscow -- 12: My Dakota/Lakota Grandparents Pray for Ukraine -- 13: Holding Space for Joy in the New Year -- 14: Don't Look Back, Maybe, I Guess? -- 15: Is "Native American" Politically Correct? -- 16: Changing Spaces -- 17: Heart of the Diamond -- 18: Poetry Matters -- 19: Office Supplies Provide Link to the Past -- 20: Opening Cans During These Perilous Times -- 21: Open Mouth, Insert Foot: Rick Santorum's Anti-Indigenous Statements -- 22: Scene from a Clinic's Waiting Room: A Cautionary Tale -- 23: Some Pig in a Brave New World -- 24: Waist-Deep in Crocodiles: We Can't Afford to be Cavalier About Mask Mandates -- 25: The Holiday Dinner Basket -- 26: Things That Don't Make Sense but Should -- 27: Agape Actually: Celebrating Valentine's Day in Quarantine -- 28: I Had COVID-19 and Spent the Week in the Hospital -- II. High Country News, Heard Around the West: Mishaps and Mayhem from Around the Region -- 29: Free Bird, Lost-and-Found Bear, and Cowboy Pride, February 2022 -- 30: Odd Twins, Rescue by Owl, and Dinosaur IPA, March 2022 -- 31: Hungry, Habituated Bears, Viral Pirates, and Truffle Snuffers, April 2022 -- 32: A Terrible Lighthouse, Swift Treasure Hunters, and a Paranormal Ghost, May 2022 -- 33: Idiot Invasion, Outhouse Fail, and Rim-to-Rim Rule Rupture, June 2022 -- 34: Out-Of-This-World Fest, Territorial Disputes, and Bear-Family Affairs, July 2022 -- 35: Fish at Heart, Man as Island, and Port-a-Potty Convo, August 2022 -- 36: Irked Sea Lions and a Strange Peanut Pusher, September 2022 -- 37: Not-Murder Hornets, Sentient Chatbots and an AirBearNBear, October 2022 -- 38: Gnarly Weddings, Arachnid Entertainment and Gorilla Gifts, November 2022 -- 39: The Road Runner Problem, Hefty Squirrels and Halloween Karens, December 2022 -- 40: Toad Lickers, Bear Wrestlers and Beard Fanciers, January 2023 -- 41: Armed Bot, an HOV Grinch and Bikes for All, February 2023 -- 42: A Little Pickle, a Fireball and an Indigenous Astronaut, March 2023 -- 43: Wienermobiles, Elephant Seals and Mountains of Maggoty Acorns, April 2023 -- 44: Good Drones, Coyote Living and a Cow-Chip Lottery, May 2023 -- 45: Ferry Felines, Ornithopters and Tokitae Going Home at Last! June 2023 -- 46: Baby Bears, White Whales and 'Freaky-Looking Fanged Fish,' July 2023 -- 47: Orcas, Insects and Other Roadside Attractions, August 2023 -- 48: Bathroom Bison, Foul Smelling Flowers and Outlaw Otters on the Lam, September 2023 -- 49: Backscratching Bears, Seismic Singers and Happy Birthday to Herman the Sturgeon, October 2023 -- 50: Too Many Snakes, A Hard-Rockin' Dog and a GPS Truck-Up, November 2023 -- 51: Sagebrush Sasquatch, Irritable Elk and Spiders that Aren't from Mars, December 2023 -- 52: Beautiful Bats, Big Boulders and a Seven-Armed Octopus, January 2024 -- III. Bonus Slices and Outtakes with Extra Cheese -- 53: In the Good Way: Looking at Tribal Humor -- 54: Beets -- 55. Once Upon a Virus in Hollywood -- 56. How to Scream Inside Your Heart -- 57. American (Indian) Dirt -- 58. Fifty Shades of Buckskin: Satire as a Decolonizing Tool -- 59. Missing Oregon Senators Shape-Shift into Wild Horses -- 60. An Open Letter of Apology to Native Americans from One of the Covington Catholic School Students -- 61. Westworld's Dolores Abernathy Steps in for Betsy DeVos in "60 Minutes" Interview -- 62. Tourist Tossed Like a Caesar Salad by Free Range Emo-Goth in Yellowstone National Park, Shits Pants -- 63. Groundbreaking Research Finds Legendary Hunkpapa Leader Sitting Bull to be Pretendian -- 64. Take a Page From Me, Elizabeth Warren, and Celebrate Your Quaint Family Lore -- 65. Sole Non-Indigenous Person Has No Opinion Whatsoever about Senator Warren's Spit Test -- 66. Mount Rushmore is Trending and Somehow it Doesn't Occur to Anyone that it's a Desecration of a Sacred Place and a Monument to White Supremacy and Genocide -- 67. Field Guide to Southwestern Native American Women -- 68. Gen. George Armstrong Custer's Desktop in Hell -- 69. How to be Funny Tips -- 70. Considering Idolatry, Iron Eyes Cody and Bluffy Sainte-Marie -- 71. Reductress Headlines for Native Women -- 72. Typical Schedule for Native American -- Acknowledgements.
Language:
English