Novelist, autobiographer, poet, dramatist, essayist and cultural critic of rare and radical boldness, Gerald Vizenor has long stood at the very forefront of Native writing. This study of Vizenors writing includes themes of the socially under-privileged with innovative Native American traditions. His satirical fiction is similar to Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut, Philip Roth, and is noted for humor and play with language. Vizenor's achievements cannot be easily summarized; rather, this book gives due evidence of the complexity of his work and the diverse critical responses to it.