Charlotte De Clue
Charlotte De Clue | |
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| Born | 1946 (age 79–80) |
| Citizenship | Osage Nation, United States |
| Occupation | Poet |
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Charlotte De Clue (born 1946) is an Osage poet.[1] She is Washashe Osage via her mother and maternal family.[2]
De Clue published two poetry chapbooks in 1985 and 1995. Her poetry focuses on themes of change, history and culture.[2] De Clue's poems and imagery have referenced Osage traditional stories, as seen with imagery of Spider or tse-xo-be in her poem "Voices."
According to Studies in American Indian Literatures editors Elizabeth McDade and Robert Nelson, "Voices" has a "polyvocalized identity is from the very beginning that of the Osage people. Taken together, the nine voices of the nine stanzas comprising the text serially record a transformation of Osage identity."[2]
Her poems have been reprinted in anthologies and magazines, including Songs From this Earth on Turtle's Back (edited by Joe Bruchac),[3] That's What She Said: Contemporary Poetry and Fiction by Native American Women (edited by Rayna Green),[4] Sojourners,[5] Studies in American Indian Literatures,[6] Sinister Wisdom,[7] and A Gathering of Spirit (edited by Beth Brant).[3] De Clue cites Simon J. Ortiz as an inspiration.[8]
She also contributes to Concepts by Joe Harp Correctional Center.[2]
De Clue read their poetry alongside Yuchi poets Richard Ray White and Joe Dale Tate Nevaquaya, Warm Springs poet Elizabeth Woody, Tlingit poet Robert Davis, and Kiowa Tohono-O'odham poet Alice Sadongei at the 1989 Modern Language Association of America Convention.[9]
Chapbooks
- Without warning. Strawberry Press. 1985. ISBN 0936574089.
- Ten good horses. Denver, Colorado: Howling Dog/Talon Recordings. 1995.
Selected poems
- "Morning Song."
- "Yesterday Robin spoke to me..."
- "Place-of-Many-Swans."
- "Ijajee's Story."[3]
- "the underside of trees."[4]
- "To the spirit of Monahstah" [10]
- "In Memory of the Moon (A Killing)."[4]
- "Woolworths."
- "Young Wife."
- "Oklahoma you are the wind." [11]
- "Voices." [12]
- "The Fields." [13]
References
- ↑ "Charlotte Declue on Native American Authors". Internet Public Library. Retrieved 2026-07-27.
- 1 2 3 4 McDade, Elizabeth H.; Nelson, Robert M. (1995). "Spider Waits: Charlotte DeClue's "Voices"". Studies in American Indian Literatures. 7 (3): 29–38. ISSN 0730-3238.
- 1 2 3 Bruchac, Joseph (1983). Songs from this earth on turtle's back: contemporary American Indian poetry. New York: Greenfield review press. ISBN 978-0-912678-58-0.
- 1 2 3 Green, Rayna, ed. (December 1984). That's What She Said: Contemporary Poetry and Fiction by Native American Women (3rd ed.). Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780253203380.
- ↑ Mitchell, Pam; Fer, Carol Ann; Melnitsky, Gloria; Cannon, Ellen; Aldeman, Jeanne; Hackman, Margaret; Raymond, Monica; Kingsolver, Barbara; Feinstein, Tokvah; DeClue, Charlotte; Kelley, Janine Soucie; Nyhart, Nina; Rushin, Kate; Haroian, Gil (December 1, 1986). "Sojourner". Sojourner. Independent Voices. Reveal Digital. 12 (4) – via JSTOR.
- ↑ "Briefly Noted". Studies in American Indian Literatures. 3 (3): 88–90. 1991. ISSN 0730-3238.
- ↑ Purevich, Edith; Sumrall, Amber Coverdale; Allen, Paula Gunn; Moran, Mary; Hogan, Linda; Glancy, Diane; Sadongei, Alice; Meyette, Terri; Swallow, Debra; DeClue, Charlotte; Rose, Wendy; Randall, Lynn; LaDuke, Winona; Gould, Janice; Keams, Geraldine (April 1, 1983). "Sinister Wisdom". Sinister Wisdom. Independent Voices. Reveal Digital (22–23) – via JSTOR.
- ↑ Gussman, Deborah (2001). "Review of Here First: Autobiographical Essays By Native American Writers". Studies in American Indian Literatures. 13 (2/3): 106–109. ISSN 0730-3238.
- ↑ "Program of the 1989 Convention of the Modern Language Association of America". PMLA. 104 (6): 979–1144. 1989. ISSN 0030-8129.
- ↑ Purevich, Edith; Sumrall, Amber Coverdale; Allen, Paula Gunn; Moran, Mary; Hogan, Linda; Glancy, Diane; Sadongei, Alice; Meyette, Terri; Swallow, Debra; DeClue, Charlotte; Rose, Wendy; Randall, Lynn; LaDuke, Winona; Gould, Janice; Keams, Geraldine (April 1, 1983). "Sinister Wisdom". Sinister Wisdom. Independent Voices. Reveal Digital (22–23).
- ↑ Brodine, Karen; Rosen, Trix; Alexander, Meena; Hahn, Kimiko; Wade, Cheryl Marie; Portwood, Pamela; Krysl, Marilyn; Brant, Beth; DeClue, Charlotte; Mills, Bronwyn; Byard, Carole; Devries, Rachel Guido; Jordan, Susan; Lance, Jeanne; Stein, Julia (April 1, 1988). "Ikon". Ikon. Independent Voices. Reveal Digital. 2 (8) – via JSTOR.
- ↑ DeClue, Charlotte (1990). "Voices". Studies in American Indian Literatures. 2 (2): 2–5. ISSN 0730-3238.
- ↑ DeClue, Charlotte (1992). "The Fields". Studies in American Indian Literatures. 4 (4): 43–44. ISSN 0730-3238.