Speaking Truth Through Silence: an Analysis of Linda Hogan’s “The Book of Medicines”
Feb 23, 2017 · 9 min read
Written by Chickasaw poet Linda Hogan in 1993, The Book of Medicines can be divided almost evenly in half. The beginning of the collection consists of poems which encapsulate the suffering and loss felt by the animals and the land, as well as that of the humans who perpetuate it. The second half, however, takes a turn into a more spiritual realm as Hogan begins to discuss the healing processes at work in nature, and addresses a hope for catharsis. Throughout both sections of the novel, Hogan uses the act of…
