Brant, Beth

Beth Brant, 1941-2015, is a poet and essayist from Ontario, Canada. As a Mohawk woman, she also went by the names Degonwadonti and Kaieneke'hak. Her works center around lesbianism, domestic violence, and racial tensions for native representation.

Books:
Food & Spirits. Ithaca, NY: Firebrand Books, 1991.
Testimony from the Faithful. 2003.
Mohawk Trail. Ithaca, NY: Firebrand Books, 1985.

Anthologies Authored by Brant and in Which Brant Appears:
A Gathering of Spirit: A Collection by North American Women. Editor. Ithaca, NY: Firebrand Books, 1988.
I'll Sing `til the Day I Die: Conversations with Tyendinaga Elders. Toronto: McGilligan Books, 1995.
Writing as Witness: Essay and Talk. Toronto: Women's Press, 1994.
Bruchac, Joseph, ed. New Voices from the Longhouse: An Anthology of Contemporary Iroquois Writing. Greenfield Center, NY: Greenfield Review Press, 1989.
Barrington, Judith, ed. An Intimate Wilderness: Lesbian Writers on Sexuality. Portland, OR: Eighth Mountain Press, 1991.
Bruchac, Joseph, ed. Songs from This Earth on Turtle's Back: Contemporary American Indian Poetry. Greenfield Center, NY: Greenfield Review Press, 1983.
Dykewords: An Anthology of Lesbian Writing. Ed. Lesbian Writing and Publishing Collective. Toronto: Women's Press, 1990.
Piercy, Marge, ed. Early Ripening: Poetry by Women. New York, Pandora Books, 1987.
Roscoe, Will, ed. Living the Spirit: A Gay American Indian Anthology. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988.

Other Works:
"Grandmothers of a New World." Women of Power 16 (Spring 1990): 40-47.
"Giveaway: Native Lesbian Writers." Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 18 (Summer 1993): 944-947.
"The Good Red Road." American Indian Culture and Research Journal 21.1 (1997): 193-206.

Critical Work about Brant:
Cullum, Linda E. Contemporary American Ethnic Poets: Lives, Works, Sources . Greenwood Publishing Group, 2004.
Frances, Anne Day. Lesbian and Gay Voices: An Annotated Bibliography and Guide to Literature for Children and Young Adults . Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
Kostić, Milena and Vesna Lopičić. "'I will not cease to be': voicing the alternative in Beth Brant's 'A Long Story.'" The Central European Journal of Canadian Studies , vol. 8 issue 1, 2012. Pages 23-30.
Sonneborn, Liz. A to Z of American Indian Women . Infobase Publishing, 2014.
Byron, Glennis and Andrew J. Sneddon. The Body and the Book: Writings on Poetry and Sexuality . Rodopi, 2008.
Womack, Craig S. Art as Performance, Story as Criticism . University of Oklahoma Press, 2014.

Reviews of Brant's Work:
Danielson, Linda L. "Reviewed Work: Mohawk Trail ." Studies in American Indian Literatures , Series 2, Vol. 5, No. 1. 1993. pp. 103-107.
Jakoski, Helen. "Beth Brant (Degonwadonti). Mohawk Trail ." Explorations of Sights and Sounds Journal, No. 2. 1989. https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1409&context...
Johnson, Lisa N. "A Review of Food and Spirits ." glbtrt.ala.org, GLBT Reviews from ALA's Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Round Table. 1991. http://www.glbtrt.ala.org/reviews/food-and-spirits/
Justice, Daniel Heath. "Daniel Heath Justice recommends Writing as Witness by Beth Brant." Edited by Jane van Koeverden. CBC.ca (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), CBC Books, 2017. http://www.cbc.ca/books/daniel-heath-justice-recommends-writing-as-witne...

Biography:
"Beth Brant" under Poets , Poetry Foundation, https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/beth-brant