writings....

2008-03-27T13:32:00.000-07:00

antoinette's published works: 1999-present

love...connect...books

Maj. Charles W. Claypool, (ret) 1929-2009

first book, 1999
(out of print)

Who Would Unbraid her hair: the legend of annie mae by antoinette nora claypoole (1999, Anam Cara Press, Bethel Vermont) tribute to Anna Mae Aquash, member of the American Indian Movement was recently acquired by the Smithsonian Institute Library, Washington, D.C.

audio clip from antoinette's 2004 KPFK broadcasts: "AIM on trial"

(all book covers/design by antoinette...see below for artwork/photo credits)

NEW WORK by antoinette

la puerta, Taos !!!!order here)

Spring 2010

"Sassing Back: rewriting the politics of Incest" review of Sharon Doubiago book (3.10)

"Little Crow Intro" intro to Ed Little Crow Book (1.10)

NEW BOOKS!!!! la Puerta,Taos the art of fetching Sky two volumes! (4.10)

recent work : Spring/Winter 2009

"A Blue Desert Trail Home" Tribute to Robert Robideau (1947-2009)
Bloody Mr. X Peltier denied Parole (9.09)
Statement to Fed. Proseuctors in Graham case (7.08)

Writings in various Journals/online zines

InfoShop News Pieces (2007-present)

hEyOkA magazine pieces (2007-present) 

ed. John LeKay

"Sassing Back: rewriting the politics of Incest (3.10)
Blue Desert Trail Home: tribute to Robert Robideau (1947-2009)
The Border Crossing of John Graham part two (1.08)
The Border Crossing of John Graham part one (12.07)
John LeKay interviews antoinette nora claypoole (2007)
Interview with John Graham (2007)
america's addiction to lynching indians (2004)

Journal of Experimental  Fiction (2000-2002)

ed. Eckhard Gerdes

excerpt from Rivers in Her Eyes

"First Man, First Woman"

excerpt from The Corrina Chronicles: No Moon Darkness

"The Year of the Flower GIrl" (go to pg. 26)

Salt River Review  (2004-2007)

ed. James Cervantes

Rock Garden Hearts: for Annie Mae and John Trudell (9.07)

Jukebox at Taos Junction (3.04)

WORKS IN PROGRESS....2010

(photo below: Louise Bryant circa 1918)

The Flowers of Bronze: auto/biography of Louise Bryant (1885-1936)

Ghost Rider Roads: people and other realities in the American Indian Movement a collection of stories, interviews from Indian Country

Indian Country Blog

earlier writings

by antoinette

2000 interview with Vernon Bellecourt, founder of AIM
2001 Man of O ccasional Two Braids
2003 "Trail to Blue Lake" Poets Against the War
2004 AUDIO KPFK Pacifica Radio Broadcast
2004 NEWS clips from Arlo Looking Cloud Tria
original John Graham interview (2004)l
2005-present John Graham Extradition Hearings

PHOTO/ART CREDITS

"Annie Mae" book cover: image donated by Frank Howell estate
"la Puerta, Taos" images Gail Russell/Issa

"Crow book" cover: back cover phots by antoinette nora claypoole
"harold and toni" my old hippie days, photographer Ramona Marzano

"Louise Bryant" public domain, photogrpaher unknown

various antoinette photos: all self portraits:
"yucaipa spring: calif."
"state college, pa. winter"
"self portrait, 2008 desert relapse" digital

"Sitting Bull" acrylic by Robert Robideau

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current/recent writings (2007-present)

by antoinette

nEW...March 2010

"Sassing Back"

a review of Sharon Doubiagos new book

Spring/Winter 2009

Tribute to Robert Robideau (1947-2009)
Anishanabe/Ojibway

"A Blue Desert Trail Home"

la Puerta,Taos the art of fetching Sky
"THe Crow Story" : Intro to Ed Little Crow's new book Dreaming of a True World A Opchine WaLa Ohkon

InfoShop News...archives (click here)

in hEyOkA magazine, ed. John LeKay

in Salt River Review, ed. James Cervantes

works in progress

The Flower of Bronze: Louise Bryant
Indian Country Blog
Ghost Rider Roads: Stories/Interviews from AIM

earlier writings
by antoinette

1999 book about Anna Mae Aquash

2000 interview with Vernon Bellecourt, founder of AIM

2001 Man of Occasional Two Braids
2003 "Trail to Blue Lake" Poets Against the War
2004 AUDIO KPFK Pacifica Radio Broadcasts
2004 NEWS clips from Arlo Looking Cloud Tria
original John Graham interview (2004)l
2005-present John Graham Extradition Hearings

work in progress

biography of LOUISE BRYANT (1885-1936

bio info
other stuff
home
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artwork credits
"yucaipa spring: calif." self portrait
"magadelana, nm" photo/art by antoinette pentax
"Sitting Bull" acirylic by Robert Robideau
Louise Bryant circa 1918, photographer unknown
"self portrait, 2008 desert relapse" digital

below
"solar plethora" digital, by antoinette

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writings
by antoinette

in Salt River Review, ed. James Cervantes

rock garden hearts: for Annie Mae
Jukebox at Taos Junction (also published, in hard copy, in The West Wind Review)

in hEyOkA magazine, ed. John LeKay

bio info

other works

home

connect watersongs@gmail.com

various places to go....

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books/projects
by antoinette nora claypoole

who would unbraid her hair: the legend of annie mae (1999, Anam Cara Press, dist. Clear Light Books)
book for Anna Mae Pictou Aquash
click here for info and excerpts

coming soon
la Puerta, Taos
the art of fetching sky

(click on image to view excerpts)

Wild Embers Press, yum click here

SEPT 2006 update on Anna Mae Aquash/John Graham click here

contact info:
antoinette nora claypoole
po box 3026
ashland, or. 97520
watersongs@gmail.com

past work:

Rivers In Her Eyes (pub. Feb. 2006)
new book, limited edition
historical fiction regarding forced relocation near Big Mtn, Az.

Who Would Unbraid Her Hair: the legend of Annie msr
excerpts from book about Anna Mae Pictou Aquash click here
by antoinette nora claypoole

1.
John Graham Extradition Hearings
in British Columbia 2003-2006

some excerpts...

from John Graham Blog

1. "The Place Where Spirits are Eaten"Feb. 24, 2005.
"I try to see Annie Mae stubbing her toe and getting pissed off. As her niece April Maloney explained was her final memory of her auntie. I try to imagine how a little girl felt to see the hands of her auntie floating in a jar of formaldehyde. And how scared she said she was. How scared everyone is. To hear the story of John Graham. And realize that he may just be person he says he is.

As John Trudell says in a recent interview
"once humans were part of the original dream.
Now it has become a nightmare".

2. "America's Addiction to Lynching Indians"

an overview/commentary of arrests in the murder of Anna Mae Pictou Aquash.

3. "Unsettling Realms of a Friendly Nation"
Day one of the John Graham Hearings Dec. 6, 2004 ...
written as part of coverage for KPFK Pacifica Radio, Los Angeles
published also by Quill & Parchment Dec. 2004

2. Who Would Unbraid Her Hair: the legend of annie mae
"WHO WOULD UNBRAID HER HAIR: THE LEGEND OF ANNIE MAE, by Antoinette Nora Claypoole,
a book about Anna Mae Pictou Aquash, leader/warrior of the American Indian Movement

(Anam Cara Press, 1999. dist. by Clear Light Books, Santa Fe, N.M.) available through amazon.com or Clear Light Books--

Clear Light Books
823 Don Diego
Santa Fe, N.M. 87501
1-888-253-2747
www.clearlightbooks.com
(native american catalogue)

please note: excerpts from the book
can viewed by clicking here;

3. from Poets Against the War...poem written in Taos, N.M. Spring 2003. "Trail to Blue Lake"

5. "Sirens in the Night"
one of the many chronicles/essays from the coverage of the Arlo Looking Cloud murder trial in Rapid City, S.Dakota. Coverage was done for KPFK Pacifica Radio Los Angeles, Feb. 2004

6. Interview with Vernon Bellecourt, founder of the American Indian Movement. Bellecourt speaks openly about the murder of Annie Mae.
Jan. 2001. Originally published in the Ojibway News.

7. Interview with John Graham, accused murderer of Annie Mae. April 2004.

11. letter to the Editor of Buffalo News, Sept. 2004.

From: "antoinette" <wildembers@earthlink.net>

Subject: FBI file release/Leonard Peltier

Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 12:13:43 -0700

To the Editor of Buffalo News, Nearly 90 years ago my grandpa arrived in Buffalo, New York from Matera, Italia. He fought for the Allies in World War I and was given a free boat ticket to America for his service. When the war was over.

He was a tailor in a Buffalo shop that had one bare light bulb above his head.After eight years there he sent for my grandma back in Italy and they settled in Rochester.Where my mom was born. Where I was born in the 1950's. And so Buffalo was his landlocked harbor of love. The place where my grandpa, Antonio Marzano, was able to imagine life with his wife.

Buffalo is in my blood. It is why I am here. Even though I have long sinced moved to the West coast, left the Lake and my early relatives, and became involved in helping the American Indian Movement, I have never forgotten my roots. And how Buffalo took care of my grandpa. This is why I write to ask your city for help. With something close to my heart.

Please keep encouraging the FBI to release those files regarding Leonard Peltier AND all those impacted by the FBI holding of files. And thank you for all you have done already there at Buffalo News, to support this effort. The Peltier files need to be released. That all for which our ancestors worked and died will not be in vain.

The most proud aspect of my grandfather's arrival to America was that he was free. To pursue his dreams. This invincible aspect of our country must prevail. Despite corruption and fear which lead leaders to become tyrants. Our rights as Americans have been defended by many lives. We cannot let all their efforts die in vain.

Please Buffalo, help the FBI see that releasing those files regarding Leonard Peltier and the early days of the American Indian Movement is essential for America. Please help the FBI know that none of us wants to lose our rights to freedom. Those files are, under law, to be available to all of us. So that justice prevails in love of freedom, not fear or corruption.

Many thanks.

antoinette nora claypoole

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