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TWO SPIRITS: A STORY OF LIFE WITH THE NAVAJO
By Walter L. Williams & Toby Johnson
Twenty years after his influential and ground-breaking bestseller The Spirit and the Flesh: Sexual Diversity in American Indian Culture, historian-anthropologist Walter L. Williams has teamed with award-winning novelist Toby Johnson to write a novel of romance between a Civil War survivor and a Navajo berdache. Two Spirits: A Story of Life With the Navajo is a story of tragedy, oppression, and discrimination, but also an enlightening tale of love, personal discovery, and natural beauty.
Striking in its evocation of Navajo philosophy, culture and spirituality, this book illuminates the truth of prejudice to the largest tribe of indigenous people in the Americas. Full of suspense, plot twists, and endearing romance, Two Spirits will captivate readers with its positive approach to life and love.
Based in the historical facts of the fabled West, Two Spirits tells the adventure of a hapless young Virginian assigned as the Indian Agent on a Navajor reservation. He develops a romantic relationship with a Two-Spirit healer and comes to appreciate the plight of Native Americans and understand the variety of human faith, gender, love.
The Arch and Brown Foundation awarded the authors a development grant as part of their annual competition for Gay-positive Art Projects based on Historical Subjects.
Walter L Williams, Ph.D. is professor of anthropology, history and gender studies at the University of Southern California, where he teaches gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender studies, and also American Indian Studies. He is author of more than eight notable books. Toby Johnson, Ph.D. has written three gay novels and many non-fiction titles in the field of gay spirituality and religion. From 1997 to 2004 Johnson was editor and publisher of the small but respected quarterly journal of gay men’s spirituality, White Crane.
Published by Lethe Press ISBN 1-59021-060-3 $18.00, 332 pages, Paperback, July 2006 release
Two Spirits is available from gay community bookstores nationwide, major wholesalers, the usual Internet outlets, barnesandnoble.com & amazon.com, and from www.tobyjohnson.com
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