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Earth Keeper Audiobook Summary

“Dazzling. . . . In glittering prose, Momaday recalls stories passed down through generations, illuminating the earth as a sacrosanct place of wonder and abundance. At once a celebration and a warning, Earth Keeper is an impassioned defense of all that our endangered planet stands to lose.” — Esquire

A magnificent testament to the earth, from Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and poet N. Scott Momaday.

One of the most distinguished voices in American letters, N. Scott Momaday has devoted much of his life to celebrating and preserving Native American culture, especially its oral tradition. A member of the Kiowa tribe, Momaday was born in Lawton, Oklahoma and grew up on Navajo, Apache, and Peublo reservations throughout the Southwest. It is a part of the earth he knows well and loves deeply.

In Earth Keeper, he reflects on his native ground and its influence on his people. “When I think about my life and the lives of my ancestors,” he writes, “I am inevitably led to the conviction that I, and they, belong to the American land. This is a declaration of belonging. And it is an offering to the earth.”

In this wise and wonderous work, Momaday shares stories and memories throughout his life, stories that have been passed down through generations, stories that reveal a profound spiritual connection to the American landscape and reverence for the natural world. He offers an homage and a warning. He shows us that the earth is a sacred place of wonder and beauty, a source of strength and healing that must be honored and protected before it’s too late. As he so eloquently and simply reminds us, we must all be keepers of the earth.

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N. Scott Momaday is an internationally renowned poet, novelist, artist, teacher, and storyteller whose works celebrate and preserve Native American heritage. He won the Pulitzer Prize for his novel House Made of Dawn and is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the Academy of American Poets Prize, the National Medal of Arts, the Ken Burns American Heritage Prize, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation’s Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award, and the 2021 Frost Medal for distinguished lifetime achievement in poetry. A longtime professor of English and American literature, Momaday earned his PhD from Stanford University and retired as Regents Professor at the University of Arizona. He lives in New Mexico.

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Earth Keeper Full Details

Narrator N. Scott Momaday
Length 51 minutes
Author N. Scott Momaday
Category
Publisher Caedmon
Release date November 03, 2020
ISBN 9780063009356

Subjects

The publisher of the Earth Keeper is Caedmon. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Literary Collections, Native American

Additional info

The publisher of the Earth Keeper is Caedmon. The imprint is Caedmon. It is supplied by Caedmon. The ISBN-13 is 9780063009356.

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This book is only available in the United States.

Goodreads Reviews

Erin || erins_library

January 11, 2021

(Gifted from Harper Collins)Earth Keeper by N Scott Momaday is a short collection that reflects on the author’s (and in turn our) responsibility to the Earth. To take care of it and to amend the destructive path we’ve gone down, by reconnecting with the Earth. The book is broken into two sections between Dawn and Dusk. Dawn is set in a pre-contact world in which our care for and connection with the world around us was much deeper and reciprocal. Dusk introduces industrialization, colonization, and our disconnect. It’s abrupt and a stark contrast to the first half of the book. It’s Momaday’s reflection on his life, and his ancestors’ lives, as an Earth Keeper and I felt like he was passing the responsibility on to us. To remind us.Some favorite quotes:-“We were ashamed, but the earth does not want shame. It wants love.”-“How many lifeless things are placed each day between us and the living earth?”-“Will I give my children an inheritance of the earth? Or will I give them less than I was given?”

Michelle

July 28, 2022

**THANK YOU to Harper Collins, ya'll are some of the most thoughtful publishers!I found this collection by N. Scott Momaday SO POWERFUL! I felt like I was sitting with my unci (grandpa) with a cup of hot drink and listening to him talk. I felt so much reading this book, everything I've read from Momaday, I've been so satisfied with. My oral interperatation self would be glowing from all of the content she'd be able to recite. I'm hoping that I can read more from him, I loved this so much.

Acordul Fin

March 31, 2022

“When we dance the earth trembles. When our steps fall on the earth we feel the shudder of life beneath us, and the earth feels the beating of our hearts, and we become one with the earth. We shall not sever ourselves from the earth. We must chant our being, and we must dance in time with the rhythms of the earth. We must keep the earth.” A beautiful little collection of meditations reflecting on humans' relationship with and impact on nature from the perspective of a Kiowa elder deeply connected to his ancestor's values.

Denver Public Library

May 16, 2022

Don’t let the length of this essay collection mislead you. Pulitzer Prize Winning author N. Scott Momaday manages to encompass the complexity and wonder of the natural world along with his peoples’ connection to the American landscape in a mere 65 pages. Each essay acts as “an offering to the earth,” and “a declaration of belonging.” Momaday shares the stories of his childhood with generosity and tenderness. Blending reverence with warning, Momaday reminds us of the unending gifts these landscapes offer and our role in honoring and protecting them. I can’t tell you how many quotes from this collection I wrote down, carefully folded in my pocket to carry with me into the world.

Sammi

October 12, 2020

“There are those who believe that the earth is dead. They are deceived. The earth is alive, and it is possessed of spirit.“A beautiful series of short stories about our connection to the earth, that each build on each other and read more like poetry. I appreciated the simplicity of it all, the language is beautiful and it all flows so smoothly. “The sky was so deep that it had no end, and the air was run through with sparkling light.” Part one describes the beauty of the earth & how deep our connection with it is and should be with nature. The stories are soothing and beautiful, it makes you feel at peace. Part two makes you feel more uncomfortable. It takes a look at modern culture at construction and changes humans have implemented that blemish nature. It reads as plea to not ruin the beauty and importance of the Earth.I knew from the beginning that he was describing Arizona because I could picture the exact landscapes he painted. I appreciated this love letter to the landscape, animals, and his community.

Andee

January 19, 2022

Beautiful. “Something of our relationship to the earth is determined by the particular place we stand at a given time. If you stand still long enough to observe carefully the things around you, you will find beauty, and you will know wonder. If you see a leaf carried along on the flow of a river, you might ponder its journey. Where did it begin, and where will it end? What will be the story of its passage? You will discover a thousand ways in which the leaf is connected to the water, the banks, the near and farther distances, the sky and the sun. Your mind, your spirit will be nourished and grow. You will become one with what you see. Consider what is to be seen.”

Linda

October 11, 2021

“Write little, write well.” Such a quick read and I know many may be upset with that (as I would totally read more) but that is point. Such a direct message can only be said so many times, we all belong to the land and need to take care of it. The author combined his personal stories with a very vivid description of nature. I don’t think the message could be anymore clear.

Ariel (ariel_reads)

November 16, 2020

What a beautiful collection of poems/prose about the value of land and the connection the author has with the earth.

Carissa

November 17, 2021

I LOVED this. So rich and important. I found my view of land, nature, belonging and earth shift as I steeped in Momaday's experience and worldview. 10/10 recommend as a book of prose.

Peggy

May 14, 2021

I consider this collection of compressed, gemlike writing to be a collection of poems. If you approach the book thinking it prose, you will zip through too quickly, too effortlessly. Each page contains a poem that dives deeply into nature, prayer, myth, history, and memoir. Beautifully written, it will make you understand the true wealth of Momaday's homeland and traditions. You will wish that you, too, could call yourself a keeper of the earth.

Dave

December 05, 2022

A fantastic short read. A spiritual elegy of sorts to a lost Earth. An Earth that has suffered greatly from wanton destruction at the hands of man: “The house and arbor are falling into ruin.”Yet there is possibly a faint glimmer of hope. Perhaps the beautiful blue butterfly will continue to return.I will return to this book again and again.

Emma

March 08, 2021

“A teacher once said to me, write little & write well. He was a poet & a man who took literature seriously. He wrote this: ‘Unless we understand the history that produced us, we are determined by that history. We may be determined in any event, but the understanding gives us a chance.’ What is the critical force of that understanding, I wonder? Are we to witness the eclipse of our civilization? Or are we to take the chance? The teacher raised Airedales for show & tended an orchard in his backyard. Had he not taken literature seriously, he told me, he would have been a farmer.”Short but incredibly thought provoking passages like this fill Earth Keeper, by N. Scott Momaday, a member of the Kiowa tribe. Poetic & lyrical, Momaday reflects on the earth through shared stories, memories, thoughts, & drawings. Although Earth Keeper is short, it is a book well worth revisiting & has me thinking too of Dina Gilio-Whitaker’s As Long As Grass Grows & environmental justice. As the book flap mentions so perfectly; “He shows us that the earth is a sacred place of wonder & beauty, a source of strength & healing that must be honored & protected before it’s too late.”

Crystal

January 23, 2021

Earth Keeper by M. Scott Momaday is a slight, quietly reflectful, minimally illustrated and yet impactful little book. Momaday muses on the Earth and on Native faith, on stories passed down to him by his family, on his connection to nature and his grief for its destruction. The book hovers somewhere between prose and poetry, with tender musings on the natural world around us and our own mortality, sometimes joyful, sometimes more somber."It is the present and the possibilities of a future that must concern us. Ours is a damaged world. we humans have done the damage, and we must be held to account. . . . There was a time when 'man must have held his breath in the presence of this continent,' this New World, 'commensurate to his capacity for wonder.' I would strive with all my strength to give that sense of wonder to those who will come after me."Come to this book with an open heart, when you are feeling open to reflection and hearing a wise voice gently reminding us to do better. And why it is that we must do better. At only 65 pages, Earth Keeper could be a relatively fast read, or, as I read it, could be savored a bit at a time over a week or so. Either way, I recommend it as a reminder of how we should care for the Earth, and why, until it is our time too to go to the "farther camps" among the stars.Thank you to #NetGalley and Harper Collins for granting me a digital #advancedcopy of #EarthKeeper in exchange for my honest review. The quotation is from the published edition.

L.

December 21, 2020

This is a collection of prose poetry about the American land and nature as a whole by a member of the Kiowa tribe. I really enjoyed reading Momaday's reflections on human impact on the earth, the connection of people in time (both in the present, the past and the future) and small situations that made him more aware of plants and animals around him. The author is an Elder at this point, so he has experienced the changes that have come with recent developments in technology and it's impact on climate and the environment firsthand. I wish this had been longer and maybe covered even more than it did, but I definitely think it's worth a read.

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