{"product_id":"21140","title":"Pale as Real Ladies: Poems for Pauline Johnson","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Joan Crate\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: Brick Books (1991)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn powerful language that reflects the conflicts between the \"primitive\" and the \"sophisticated\", Joan Crate redreams the passions which animated and tormented her famous predecessor. Part white, part Mohawk, Pauline Johnson \/Tekahionwake would perform her poems first in buckskin, then, after the intermission, in silk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Joan Crate was raised to have pride in her Indigenous heritage. Her first book of poetry, \u003cem\u003ePale as Real Ladies: Poems for Pauline Johnson, \u003c\/em\u003ehas become a classic. Her first novel,\u003cem\u003e Breathing Water, \u003c\/em\u003ewas shortlisted for the Commonwealth Book Award (Canada) and the Books in Canada First Novel Award. She is a recipient of the Bliss Carman Award for poetry; her collection\u003cem\u003e subUrban Legends \u003c\/em\u003ewas awarded Book of the Year by the Book Publishers Association of Alberta. Her novel\u003cem\u003e Black Apple \u003c\/em\u003ewon the City of Calgary W.O. Mitchell Book Prize. She taught literature and creative writing at Red Deer College, in Alberta, for over 20 years. She lives with her family in Calgary.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LPC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32501300559971,"sku":"0919626432","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/8655\/1139\/files\/61622kjuNcL._SL1082.jpg?v=1773446808","url":"https:\/\/woodlandpatternbookcenter.com\/products\/21140","provider":"Woodland Pattern","version":"1.0","type":"link"}