“In A Generous Spirit: Selected Work by Beth Brant, we have one marvelous native lesbian poet introducing another. Janice Gould thoughtfully presents the work of Beth Brant, a Mohawk writer who never received the acclimation she deserved while she lived. Here her poems and, especially, her robust and gritty prose pieces reveal worlds of living richly put to paper; including a marvelous story of a cross-dressing female coyote attempting to play a trick on a fox. Beth Brant is a writer of great depth and brilliant talent.”
–Margaret Randall, writer, oral historian, and revolutionary, author most recently of Exporting Revolution and Che on My Mind

“For the native, queer, feminist, literary world: Beth is a home, reminding us that we are not alone in our movements towards liberation.”
–Christopher Soto, poet and editor of Nepantla: An Anthology for Queer Poets of Color

“Wow! I discovered new material and remembered some of my favourite Brant gems with this collection. Reading it now, I realize that Beth Brant gave us Indigenous feminism and Indigenous queer theory even before we had a name for these practices, all wrapped up in the most beautiful storywork. Highly valuable for its literary as well as its theoretical contribution, A Generous Spirit will find a cherished spot on many, many bookshelves, now and into the future.”
–Kim Anderson, author of A Recognition of Being: Reconstructing Native Womanhood