Mark Turcotte (born 1958) is a
Native American poet
A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems ( oral or wri ...
. He has published two books of poetry, ''Exploding Chippewas'' and ''Feathered Heart''. ''Road Noise'', a
chapbook was translated into French by the author
Dominique Falkner. Illustrations for "Feathered Heart" and the cover art for "Road Noise" were created by Kathleen Presnell. Turcotte is a member of the
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians
The Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians (Ojibwe language: ''Mikinaakwajiw-ininiwag'') is a Native American tribe of Ojibwa mixed heritage people, who would be considered Metis if they were Canadian, based on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reser ...
.
Turcotte is currently a
visiting assistant professor
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Overview
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A docto ...
of
English
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at
DePaul University
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in
Chicago
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His works
* and Kathleen S. Presnell. ''Songs of Our Ancestors: Poems About Native Americans''. Chicago: Children's Press, 1995.
* ''The Feathered Heart''. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 1998.
* ''Road Noise: A Poem''. Minneapolis, MN: Mesilla Press, 1998.
* ''Exploding Chippewas''. Evanston, Ill: TriQuarterly Books, 2002.
References
External links
''Native American Authors''''Mark Turcotte Biography''''DePaul University Department of English Faculty''
American male poets
Living people
DePaul University people
Ojibwe male writers
Chapbook writers
1958 births
20th-century American writers
21st-century American writers
20th-century Native Americans
20th-century American poets
21st-century Native American writers
Ojibwe poets
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