Lullaby

by Leslie Marmon Silko

Genres: Short Stories, Classics, American, Historical Fiction, School

Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 1974

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

[Anika · Rating 5 out of 5]

⭐️ 5.0

The earth is your mother,
she holds you.
The sky is your father,
he protects you.
Sleep,
sleep.
Rainbow is your sister,
she loves you.
The winds are your brothers,
they sing to you.
Sleep,
sleep.
We are together always
We are together always
There never was a time
when this
was not so.

Heartbreaking and real. Native American literature is so underrated, and I do strongly believe that it should be more widely read.

[patrícia · Rating 4 out of 5]

it is beautifully written but god was it heartbreaking, i didn’t expect to cry at all (but i did, oh well). this should be read by everyone

[Natalie Iurlano · Rating 4 out of 5]

Heartbreaking. So much pain behind those lines

[Holt Daniels · Rating 5 out of 5]

read this back in jr year of high school and it’s still so vivid to me. heartbreaking in every way.

[Lisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this!

I read it for a uni course, but oh God, it had me SOBBING!
Not many texts - let alone one as short as this - have done that.

[Anne · Rating 4 out of 5]

"The earth is your mother, she holds you."

[ColtLuvsTanner · Rating 4 out of 5]

Didn’t think I’d cry at this. I had to read it for a class assignment, and now I think I won’t be able to get it out of my mind…