Book Review: Louis Owens: Literary Reflections on His Life and Work

Beginning with poet Neil Harrison\u27s outstanding 5 Canadas, this volume is a tribute to the late Choctaw/Cherokee/Irish novelist and theorist. Kilpatrick\u27s introduction stresses Owens\u27s academic accomplishments - which, though cut short by his suicide in July 2002, are impressive - and situates Owens\u27s creative and critical work, positioning him with those mixed-blood critics, who, like Gerald Vizenor, work in a nexus of postcolonialism, postmodernism, and hybrid identity on the cultural frontier. The volume also includes the last interview with Owens, Outside Shadow: A Conversation with Louis Owens, the first in a series he had agreed to do with author A. Robert Lee and an invaluable resource to students of Owens\u27s work