Issue two of Transmotion, the new journal of indigenous writing, is now available to download from the University of Kent’s open access journals site.
The second issue features articles from Molly McGlennen on Anishinaabe imaginative self-determination, David Carlson on the Columbian legacy reimagined in a globalised world, and Billy J. Stratton on Nora Marks Dauenhauer’s blending of Tlingit and Zen conceptions of nature and spirit. Kim Shuckinaugurates our “Reflections” series with a meditation on writing, homecoming, family and audience, while Denise Low-Weso gives us masks and tricksters run riot in an art gallery. Plus review essays by Kimberly Gail Wieser (looking at Elissa Washuta) and Angela Semple (on Idle No More), and another 19 book reviews – finishing with a discussion from Theo Van Alst of Native literature in the age of self-publishing.
Transmotion is a biannual, fully and permanently open-access journal inspired by the work of Gerald Vizenor. The journal publishes new scholarship focused on theoretical, experimental, postmodernist, and avant-garde writing produced by Native American and First Nations authors, as well as book reviews on relevant work in Indigenous Studies, and new creative work that seeks to push boundaries. The journal is a collaborative venture between academics at the University of Kent, California State University, the University of Georgia and European University Cyprus.