Michael Wilson

  • Associate Professor, English

Education

  • PhD & MA, Cornell University
  • BA, Oklahoma State University

Research Interests

  • Indigenous Literatures of North America
  • Postcolonial Theory and Indigenous Literatures

Selected Publications

Wilson, Michael D. “Bearheart: Gerald Vizenor’s Compassionate Novel” Stories through Theory/Theory through Stories: Native American Indian Writing, Storytelling, and Critique 1. Ed. Henry, Jr, Gordon D., Soler, Nieves P., and Falquina, Silvia M. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University Press. (2009): 26.
Wilson, Michael D. Writing Home: Indigenous Narratives of Resistance 1. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University Press. 2008.

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