Coyote loops: Leslie Marmon Silko holds a full house in her hand.('Coyote Holds a Full House in His Hand')(Critical Essay)

From: MELUS | Date: September 22, 2002| Author: Fitz, Brewster E. | Copyright information

At Hopi he could get a fresh start; he could tell people about himself while they looked at the photos in the plastic pages of his wallet.

--Leslie Marmon Silko (Storyteller 260)

It wasn't until I began this book that I realized that the photographs in the Hopi basket have a special relationship to the stories as I remember them. The photographs are here because they are part of many of the stories and because many of the stories can be traced to the photogra...

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