Janice Gould

Janice Gould (1949–2019) was a Koyangk'auwi (Konkow, Concow) Maidu writer and scholar. She was the author of Beneath My Heart, Earthquake Weather

Biography

Gould was born on April 1, 1949, in San Diego, California, and grew up in Berkeley. She graduated magna cum laude from the University of California, Berkeley, earning degrees in linguistics (B.A) and English (M.A.). She also earned a master's degree in Library Science (M.A) from the University of Arizona. She was also a musician who played guitar and accordion. Her lesbian identity has been a prominent theme of her work.

Career Gould taught at over 13 colleges and universities in the fields of English, Creative Writing, Native American Studies and Women's Studies, and served as the Hallie Ford Chair of Creative Writing at Willamette University. At the time of her death, she was an associate professor in Women's and Ethnic Studies, and Native American Studies at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. The term "Indigenous Assemblage" has been used about her work, to describe links across race, sex, gender, and geography. According to Shanna Lewis, Gould's The Force of Gratitude features the resurgence of traditional Indigenous identity to explain that her father was Two Spirited.

Selected bibliography

Select articles

American Indian Women's Poetry: Strategies of Rage and Hope What Happened to My Anger? Lesbian Landscape

Selected books Seed (2019) The Force of Gratitude (2017) Doubters and Dreamers (2011) Speak to Me Words: Essays on Contemporary Indigenous Poetry (2003, editor with Dean Rader) Earthquake Weather (1996) Beneath My Heart (1990) Alphabet (1996)

Grants and scholarhips Janice Gould is recognized for her poetry and scholarship and therefore has a long list of awards. A few of her most significant accomplishments are as follows:

Native Writer-in-Residence, School for Advanced Research, Santa Fe, Winter 2012. Native Literature Generations Award, 2011. Association of Research Libraries Diversity Scholars Fellowship, 2007. Knowledge River Scholar, University of Arizona, 2006–2008. National Museum of the American Indian Internship, 2007. Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, 1994–95. ASTREA Foundation Award for poetry, 1992. National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) literary fellowship, 1989.