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"Adrian C. Louis may be the best vernacular poet in
America. He uses harsh, slangy, obscene language with unself-conscious mastery and the authenticity of coming from harsh and obscene circumstances." BOOKLIST



THE INDIAN CHEAP WINE SEANCE
Poems. 1974 (Gray Flannel Press: Providence, RI) 72 pp.
Out of print.
 
MUTED WAR DRUMS
Poems. 1977 (Blue Cloud Abbey Press: Marvin, SD) 32 pp. chapbook. Out of print.
 
SWEETS FOR THE DANCING BEARS
Poems. 1979 (Blue Cloud Abbey Press: Marvin, SD) 32 pp. chapbook. Out of print.
 
FIRE WATER WORLD
Poems. 1989 (West End Press: Albuquerque, NM) 76 pp.
Out of print. Winner, POETRY CENTER BOOK AWARD, 1989.
 
AMONG THE DOG EATERS
Poems. 1992, 1993 (West End Press: Albuquerque, NM)
112 pp.Selected as course book for the 1993 Plebe class at The United States Military Academy, West Point, NY. Signed copies are currently available directly from author.
 
BLOOD THIRSTY SAVAGES
Poems. 1994 (Time Being Books: St. Louis, MO) 115 pp.
 
DAYS OF OBSIDIAN, DAYS OF GRACE
Poems. With Jim Northrup, Al Hunter, and Denise Sweet. 1994 (Poetry Harbor Press: Duluth, MN) 165 pp.
 
VORTEX OF INDIAN FEVERS
Poems. 1995 (Northwestern University Press: Evanston, IL)
80 pp. Finalist, BINGHAM POETRY PRIZE, 1996.
 
SKINS
Novel. 1995 (Crown/Random House: New York, NY) 304 pp. French language trade edition, 1998 (Éditions Du Rocher: Paris). French paperback, 2002 (Éditions Gallimard: Paris).A movie version of the novel was filmed in South Dakota in 2002. First Look Media: Jon Kilik, producer; Chris Eyre, director. American premiere: Sundance Film Festival, January 2002. National theatrical release: September 2002. Video and DVD release: March 2003. Paperback reprint, 2002 (Ellis Press: Granite Falls, MN).
 
WILD INDIANS & OTHER CREATURES
Short Stories. 1996, 1997 (University of Nevada Press: Reno, NV) 201 pp. French language trade edition, 1999 (Éditions Du Rocher: Paris). French paperback, 2003 (Éditions Gallimard: Paris).
 
CEREMONIES OF THE DAMNED
Poems. 1997 (University of Nevada Press: Reno, NV) 90 pp.
Finalist, Mountains/Plains Booksellers REGIONAL BOOK AWARDS, 1998. Finalist, PATERSON POETRY PRIZE, 1998.
 
SKULL DANCE
Poems. 1998 (Bull Thistle Press: Jamaica, VT) 30 pp.
A handset chapbook in a limited edition. Out of print.
 
ANCIENT ACID FLASHES BACK
Poems. 2000 (University of Nevada Press: Reno, NV) 90 pp.
BOOK OF THE YEAR, Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers, Norman, OK, 2001.
 
BONE & JUICE
Poems. 2001 (Northwestern Univ. Press: Evanston, IL) 96 pp.
 
EVIL CORN
Prose poems. 2004 (Ellis Press: Granite Falls, MN). 128 pp.
 
Deer Dreams
DEER DREAMS
Poems. 2006 (Red Dragonfly Press: Northfield, MN). 32 pp.
A fine art, letterpress chapbook including new and old poems. Signed copies as gifts only.
   
Logorrhea
LOGORRHEA
Poems. 2006 (Northwestern University Press: Evanston, IL). 128 pp. The latest full-length collection by the poet. Finalist, 2006 Los Angeles Times Book Prize.
   

 

 

SELECTED ANTHOLOGIES:

The Clouds Threw This Light
(Institute of American Indian Arts: Santa Fe, NM) 1978.
Songs From This Earth On Turtle's Back
(Greenfield Review Press: Greenfield Center, NY) 1980.
The Remembered Earth
(University of New Mexico Press: Albuquerque, NM) 1981.
Circle in Motion
(University of Arizona Press: Tucson, AZ) 1991.
Desert Wood: Nevada Poets
(University of Nevada Press: Reno, NV) 1991.
New Poets of the 90's
(David R. Godine Publishing: Boston, MA) 1992.
Studies in American Indian Literature
(University of Richmond Press: Richmond, VA) 1993.
Unsettling America: Multicultural American Poetry
(Viking Penguin: New York, NY) 1994.
Atomic Ghosts
(Coffee House Press: Minneapolis, MN) 1994.
Scars: Poetry and Violence
(University of Alabama Press: Tuscaloosa, AL) 1995.
The Pushcart Prizes XIX
(Pushcart Press: Wainscott, NY) 1995.
Native American Literature: Introduction and Anthology
(Allyn & Bacon/Longman: New York, NY) 1995.
One Hundred Years of Recorded Poetry
(Rhino Records: Los Angeles, CA) 1996.
Native American Poems and Songs
(Dover Publications: New York, NY) 1996.
Literacy Matters: The Second Wave of Multiculturalism
(Prentice-Hall, Inc: Englewood Cliffs, NJ) 1997.
The Portable Western Reader
(Viking Penguin: New York, NY) 1997.
Identity Lessons: Learning American Style
(Viking Penguin: New York, NY) 1998.
Real Things: Popular Culture in American Poetry
(Indiana University Press: Bloomington, IN) 1998.
Three Genres: The Writing of Poetry, Fiction, and Drama
(Prentice-Hall, Inc: Englewood Cliffs, NJ) 1998.
Sing With the Heart of a Bear
(University of California Press: Berkeley, CA) 1999.
Motion: An Anthology of American Sports Poetry
(University of Iowa Press: Iowa City, IA) 2000.
The Oxford Anthology of Modern American Poetry
(Oxford University Press: New York, NY) 2000.
The River Underground: Great Basin Writers
(University of Nevada Press: Reno, NV) 2001
Poets of the New Century
(David R. Godine Publishing: Boston, MA) 2001.
Letters to Salinger
(University of Wisconsin Press: Madison, WI) 2002.
Contemporary American Poetry: Behind the Scenes
(Allyn & Bacon/Longman: New York, NY) 2002.
September 11, 2001: American Writers Respond
(Etruscan Press: Easton, MD) 2002.
Taos Poetry Circus: The Nineties
(Pennywhistle Press: Santa Fe, NM) 2003.
The World is a Text: Reading and Thinking About Culture
(Prentice-Hall, Inc: Englewood Cliffs, NJ) 2003.
Hour of Freedom: American History in Poetry
(Boyds Mills Press: Honesdale, PA) 2003.
Twentieth Century American Poetry
(McGraw Hill: New York, NY) 2004.
The Portable Poetry Workshop
(Heinle Publishers: Boston, MA) 2004.
Literature: The Human Experience
(Bedford/St. Martin’s:  New York, NY) 2005.
Horses
(Seven Dials Press, Lewiston, ID, 2005).
American War Poetry
(Columbia University Press:  New York, NY) 2006.
Lineas Conectadas
(Sarabande Books:  Louisville, KY) 2006.
There Are No Words
(Minnesota Center for Book Arts:  Minneapolis, MN) 2006.
Poetry on Record: 98 Poets Read Their Work—1888-2006
(Shout Factory:  Los Angeles, CA) 2006.

 
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