SHAKING THE PUMPKIN: Traditional Poetry of the Indian North Americas

Poet-translator Rothenberg's anthology of North American Indian tribal poetry reveals the great range of the genre -- from Eskimo animal songs to the San Juan Pueblo's ""Raingod Drama in which Chief Five-Rains speaks: 'Cavek iiiiiiiiii kiiiiiiii kikikikikikikiki/ Man do you know what you're asking?'"" Rothenberg fortunately supplies commentaries.