{"product_id":"coyote-and-the-thunderbird-9781962834711","title":"Coyote and the Thunderbird","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA trickster rides again-this time in a red Thunderbird.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eCoyote and the Thunderbird\u003c\/em\u003e, award-winning poet and storyteller James P. Lenfestey reimagines one of North America's oldest and most elusive figures for the modern world: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCoyote-comic healer, holy troublemaker, restless wanderer, lover, hustler, father, and fool.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese wildly inventive tales send Coyote across highways, powwows, cities, weddings, beaches, ballparks, and backroads in a mythic red Thunderbird, where every detour becomes a new adventure and every joke carries a flash of wisdom. Along the way he falls in love, loses and finds family, tangles with desire, weather, modern life, and his own legendary appetite for trouble.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRooted in the rich tradition of Indigenous Trickster stories yet unmistakably contemporary in voice and setting, \u003cem\u003eCoyote and the Thunderbird\u003c\/em\u003e blends mythology, literary fiction, humor, satire, and spiritual play into a book that is both timeless and new. Lenfestey's Coyote is hilarious, unruly, tender, reckless, and deeply alive-a shape-shifting presence moving through the American landscape with mischief, heartbreak, and wild insight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a foreword by Lewis Hyde, author of \u003cem\u003eTrickster Makes This World\u003c\/em\u003e, this collection will appeal to readers of contemporary mythology, Native and Indigenous-inspired literature, folklore, literary short fiction, and comic philosophical storytelling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFunny, wise, and gloriously unpredictable, Coyote is back on the road.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Calumet Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/16\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781962834711\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.52d","brand":"James P. Lenfestey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52537392103605,"sku":"9781962834711","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_c93f73aa-f363-4d71-82cc-c1761df5010f.jpg?v=1779169345","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/coyote-and-the-thunderbird-9781962834711","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}