![]() ![]() Marmon Silko has also acknowledged the influence of her own family’s storytelling on her method and vision. ![]() In 1974 she published a volume of poetry called Laguna Woman. Remarking in an interview with Alan Velie, she said she is of mixed-race ancestry “but what I know is Laguna,” Marmon Silko has deepened her affiliation to her tribe through her books, which draw on Laguna myths and story-telling traditions. Growing up on the edge of the Laguna Pueblo reservation, Marmon Silko’s earliest experiences were positioned between cultures. Her mixed ancestry has influenced her work in myriad ways. ![]() Born in 1948 to the photographer Lee Marmon and his wife Mary Virginia Leslie, Marmon Silko is of Laguna Pueblo, Mexican and Anglo-American heritage. Acclaimed novelist, poet, and essayist Leslie Marmon Silko is known for her lyric treatment of Native American subjects. ![]()
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