Description: [Burn is] necessary illumination, visionary healing, groundbreaking and timely. --Juan Felipe Herrera, Poet Laureate of the United States
Brief description: Dustin Illetewahke Mater, Chickasaw, is an award-winning multimedia artist and designer. He was the first southeastern tribal member to be a part of Pendleton Blankets Legendary Collection, and has a shell gorget housed in the permanent collection at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) in Washington, D.C., with additional artistic works shown in Paris, Edinburgh, the National Parks Service, and multiple reputable galleries. Mater has won numerous awards, including first place in sculpture at Santa Fe Indian Market. Mater previously illustrated Spider Brings Fire by Linda Hogan.
Review Quotes: Burn is relentless. A smoldering, ceaseless, fever voice that tells of a consuming rage destroying mountains, bats, 150 head of Black Angus-even the water isn't safe. Masterfully written by a poet in her prime. -LeAnne Howe, author of Shell Shaker, Miko Kings: An Indian Baseball Story, and forthcoming Savage Conversations Allison Adelle Hedge Coke's stunning work never disappoints. She writes the consuming fire-always on the original edge of remaking. -Jan Beatty, author of The Switching/Yard and Jackknife: New and Selected Poems Necessary illumination, visionary healing, groundbreaking and timely. --Juan Felipe Herrera, Poet Laureate of the United States