The Turquoise Ledge: a Memoir

by Leslie Marmon Silko

Paperback

Published September 27, 2011

About the author

Leslie Marmon Silko (born Leslie Marmon; born March 5, 1948) is a Native American writer of the Laguna Pueblo tribe, and one of the key figures in the First Wave of what literary critic Kenneth Lincoln has called the Native American Renaissance.

Silko was a debut recipient of the MacArthur Foundation Grant, now known as the "Genius Grant", in 1981 and the Native Writers' Circle of the Americas Lifetime Achievement Award in 1994. She currently resides in Tucson, Arizona.

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Reviews

[Danny Jackson]

I really loved this book. It is a really intentional reflection on how to relate to a place and build a lasting understanding and affection for the landscape and life where you’re at.