Synopses & Reviews
Cultural Writing.The second in the Frank Walters Memorial Series, THE OKLAHOMA BASIC INTELLIGENCE TEST is the first book of prose by North American Native author Don Birchfield. This book of essays has been described by Lee Francis as a delightful wedding of history and humor with a couple tablespoons of healthy irony thrown in for good measure. An excellent, well-written collection of essays [which] engages the reader from beginning to end. When the Choctaws talk from the 2,660 foot top of Rich mountain, you have to go all the way to the panhandle to find anywhere in Oklahoma where anyone can do any taller talking (Intermediate Choctology).
Synopsis
One of Native America's brightest new voices, D. L. Birchfield has produced an incisive, award-winning collection of essays that range from the serious to the satirical, including both social commentary and revelatory autobiography. Whether observing a landmark Native authors gathering or bringing the cultural and historical landscape of Indian Oklahoma into brilliant focus, his work is consistently intelligent, entertaining, and as sharp as the bite of the prairie winds.