Longhouse winter; Iroquois transformation tales,

by Hettie Jones

Four tales of transformation originally told only in wintertime around the longhouse fires of the Iroquois.

41 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1972

About the author

Hettie Jones (born 1934 as Hettie Cohen) is best known as the first wife of Amiri Baraka, known as LeRoi Jones at the time of their marriage, but is also a writer herself.

While known for her poetry, she has received acclaim for her memoir, How I Became Hettie Jones (published 1990 by Grove Press).

Jones held various clerical jobs at Partisan Review and started the literary magazine Yugen with her husband. Jones is currently on the faculty in the graduate program in creative writing at The New School in New York City. From 1989-2002 she ran a writing workshop at the New York State Correctional Facility for Women at Bedford Hills, which included inmate Judy Clark as a student, and which published a nationally distributed collection, Aliens At The Border. Jones is a former chair of the PEN Prison Writing Committee and is currently a member of PEN's Advisory Council.

(from Wikipedia)

Reviews

[Kelly (Maybedog) · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a very short book that is a retelling of several Iroquois stories. The tales are ones I haven't heard before, and although they are pretty standard fare they were interesting and entertaining. Best of all, though, are the illustrations which are gorgeous watercolors, many of them suitable for framing.

[Reader · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gorgeous watercolors!