January 27, 2005 — Noted author is teaching at WSC
Noted author Delphine Red Shirt has joined the Wayne State College Department of Language and Literature faculty for the spring 2005 semester, teaching creative writing courses, while Lisa Sandlin, associate professor, completes a visiting professorship at the University of Texas. The author of two books, Turtle Lung Women's Granddaughter, and Bead on an Anthill, Red Shirt's writing has been described as "eloquent" and "fascinating" by the Washington Post. In addition, her work, "Turtle Lung Woman's Granddaughter" received the 2002 "Best of the Best" award by the American Library Association and honorable mention for the women's section of the American Folklore Society's 2003 Elli Kongas-Maranda Prize. Red Shirt's work as a freelance writer and syndicated columnist has appeared in Indian Country Today, the Lakota Nation Journal of Rapid City, S.D. and the Hartford Courant newspaper in Hartford, Conn. She also serves as a series editor for the University of Nebraska Press, in the book series entitled "Race and Ethnicity in the American West."