Indigenous Voices: Janice Gould’s This Music: A Poetic Prose Memoir

Programmed by Denise Low

Janice Gould, a northern California Indigenous woman, was a poet, essayist, musician, photographer, professor, activist, and theorist. This is the North Bay book launch for Gould’s posthumous hybrid memoir. Two of the book’s editors—Kim Shuck (Cherokee), former San Francisco Poet Laureate, essayist and fiber artist; and Jennifer Foerster (Mvskoke), published poet, arts administrator, and professor—present this many-layered work. This Music is a vital contribution to Indigenous and LGBTQ+ literatures, offering readers a rare and powerful account of gender, sexuality, and Native identity in mid-century and contemporary America.