#books Indian

[readingawaymyshelf]

My Sisters Big Fat Indian Wedding Review

3.75/5 

Some of my favorite old Indian movies always have a big wedding sequence in them and I was missing those nostalgic big cheesy Indian wedding vibes in the Indian movies these days. This book made me feel all types of nostalgia because it had everything you could want, the wedding chaos, the copious amount of food, nosey relatives, the aunties always trying to set the singles up, cheesy romance where the love interests fall in love in the matter of days. I loved it!

Also can we talk about the cover!

[phaedraismyusername]

This year some of my favourite books I read were written by indigenous American authors and I just wanted to shout out a couple that I fell in love with

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

Horror being my second most read genre, I did not think books could still get under my skin the way this one did lol. It follows four Blackfoot men who are seemingly being hunted by a vengeful... something... years after a fateful hunting trip that happened just before they went their separate ways. The horror, the dread, the something... pure nightmare fuel 10/10

Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice

An apocalyptic novel following an isolated Anishinaabe community in the far north who lose contact with the outside world. When two of their young men return from their college with dire news, they set about planning on how to survive the winter, but when outsiders follow, lines are drawn in the community that might doom them all. This book is all dread all the time, the use of dreams and the inevitability of conflict weighs heavy til the very end. An excellent apocalypse story if you're into that kind of thing.

My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones

This book follows Jade, a deeply troubled mixed race teenager with a shitty homelife who's *obsessed* with slasher movies. When she finds evidence that there's a killer running about her soon-to-be gentrified small town, she weaponises that knowledge to predict what's going to happen next. I don't think this book will work for most people, it's a little stream of consciousness, Jade's head is frequently a very difficult place to be in, but by the last page I had so much love for her as a character and the emotional rollercoaster she's on that I had to mention it here.

Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger

Taking a bit of a left turn but this charming YA murder mystery really stuck with me this year. Elatsoe is a teenage girl living in an America where myths, monsters, and magic are all real every day occurrences. When her cousin dies mysteriously with no witnesses, she decides to do whatever she can, including using her ability to raise the spirits of dead animals, to solve the case. The worldbuilding was just really fun in this one, but the Native American myths and influence were the shining star for me, and the asexual rep was refreshing to see in a YA book too tbh

Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq

The audiobook, the audiobook, the audiobook!!!! Also the physical book because formatting and illustrations, but the audiobook!!! Tanya Tagaq is an Inuit throat singer, and this novel is a genre blending of 20 years worth of the authors journal entries, poetry, and short stories, that culminates in a truly unique story about a young girl surviving her teenage years in a small tundra town in the 70s. It is sad and beautiful and hard but an experience like nothing else I read this year.

[theacademicgatsby]

i think this might be my favorite picture I've taken till date

[quotespile]

If you're good at it, and you love it, and it helps you navigate the river of the world, then it can't be wrong.

Sherman Alexie, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

[mangotalkies]

early morning reading on 16th century maratha empire

[pagesofjasmine]

[permanent0midnight]

currently reading 🍁🫎

[theinsomniacindian]

In theory, I'm dark academia. In practice, I'm chaotic academia

[yaviae]

via autumn-and-winter-collection

[multi-fandom-lunatic]

GUYS. DESI BIANA VACKER HAS ARRIVED. IN A LEHENGA.

by the talented @geo-rosey <33 (I guess my whining about desi vackers paid off in the most beautiful piece i have ever seen) oh my gods you have outdone yourself in every way geo <33

[oyeevarnika]

"पढ़ने लिखने वाला लड़का, पढ़ी लिखी महबूबा को मिलता है तो फूल नहीं देता है, किताबें देता है”

~ तसनीफ़ हैदर

[bezierballad]

I actually began to notice a weird pattern with the arcs:

"INSANE DARK JACK THE RIPPER MYSTERY FULL OF MURDER AND BETRAYAL"

"okay time for a curry competition"

"INSANE MYSTERY WITH AN ACTION-PACKED BATTLE BETWEEN SERVANTS AND CIRCUS PERFORMERS"

"oh no someone died at a dinner party"

"INSANE ACTION-PACKED ESCAPE FROM A SHIP FILLED WITH FLESH-EATING ZOMBIES"

"oh no someone died at this school"

"INSANE ACTION-PACKED JOURNEY THROUGH A CREEPY FOREST FULL OF WEREWOLVES"

"okay it's jpop time"

[moonie-and-her-stars]

the Dupattas and Pashminas I wore this week along with the literature of that day. <3

[uwmspeccoll]

Written in the Stars

Star Tales: North American Indian Stories is retold and illustrated by Gretchen Will Mayo (b. 1936) and published in 1987 by Walker & Co. in New York. After getting a journalism degree and a teaching certificate, Mayo attended the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design from 1982 to 1984 and earned her MFA from Vermont College. She is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, and in 1987, she received several awards and honors, including the Original Children’s Book Art Award and Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC) Choice for Star Tales. Mayo has lived and worked in the Milwaukee area for many years.

For this book, Mayo, known for her children’s books, retells Native American stories related to the stars. Her work beautifully bridges cultural heritage and imagination, making her a cherished voice in children’s literature. Her illustrations enhance the enchantment of these celestial narratives, allowing one to imagine constellations coming alive with myth and magic.

-View other posts from our Native American Literature Collection

-Melissa (Stockbridge-Munsee), Special Collections Graduate Intern

[upennmanuscripts]

Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2676, is a picture book, containing drawings and miniature paintings of birds and animals, mythological beings, scenes of daily life, court scenes, and more. Many of the pictures are unfinished, upside-down or overpainted, suggesting a work in progress or a sketchbook. It is written in Sanskrit, circa 1700-1850.

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[mangotalkies]

"after all, how can one feel the loss of a thing whose existence one has become unconscious to?"

a wonderful collection of essential and constant truth bombs.