Leslie Marmon Silko

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March 05, 1948

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Leslie Marmon Silko (born Leslie Marmon on March 5, 1948 in Albuquerque, New Mexico) is a Native American writer of the Laguna Pueblo tribe, and one of the key figures in the second wave of what Kenneth Lincoln has called the Native American Renaissance. She received the MacArthur Foundation "Genius" Grant in 1981.

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Average rating: 3.79 · 10,786 ratings · 977 reviews · 16 distinct works · Similar authors

	Ceremony 3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 7,014 ratings — published 1977 — 22 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Almanac of the Dead 3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 1,277 ratings — published 1991 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Storyteller 3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 660 ratings — published 1980 — 10 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gardens in the Dunes 3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 502 ratings — published 1999 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit 3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 294 ratings — published 1993 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Turquoise Ledge: A Memoir 3.44 of 5 stars 3.44 avg rating — 163 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Delicacy and Strength of Lace: Letters Between Leslie Marmon Silko and James Wright by Leslie Marmon Silko, James Wright 4.52 of 5 stars 4.52 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 1985 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Laguna Woman 3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 28 ratings — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Oceanstory 3.52 of 5 stars 3.52 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2011	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sacred Water 4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1993 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“You don't have anything
if you don't have the stories.”
― Leslie Marmon Silko, Ceremony

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“When someone dies, you don't get over it by forgetting; you get over it by remembering, and you are aware that no person is ever truly lost or gone once they have been in our life and loved us, as we have loved them.”
― Leslie Marmon Silko

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“I will tell you something about stories . . . They aren't just entertainment. Don't be fooled. They are all we have, you see, all we have to fight off illness and death.”
― Leslie Marmon Silko, Ceremony

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