Joseph bruchac biography summary page
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Bruchac, Joseph 1942-
(Joseph Bruchac, III)
Personal
Surname pronounced "brew-shack"; born October 16, 1942, in Saratoga Springs, NY; son of Joseph E., Jr. (a taxidermist and publisher) and Marion (a homemaker and publisher; maiden name, Bowman) Bruchac; married Carol Worthen (director of a nonprofit organization), June 13, 1964; children: James Edward, Jesse Bowman. Ethnicity: "Native American (Abenaki)/Slovak/ English." Education:Cornell University, A.B., 1965; Syracuse University, M.A., 1966; graduate study at State University of New York—Albany, 1971-73; Union Institute of Ohio Graduate School, Ph.D., 1975. Politics: Liberal Democrat. Religion: "Methodist and Native-American spiritual traditions." Hobbies and other interests: Gardening, music, martial arts.
Addresses
Home and office—Greenfield Review Press, P.O. Box 308, Greenfield Center, NY 12833. Agent—Barbara Kouts Agency, P.O. Box 560, Bellport, NY 11713. E-mail—[email protected].
Career
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Joseph Bruchac
Poet, Folklorist, Martial Artist, and Storyteller
Sharing poetry at Caffe Lena.
"Seek knowledge not to form an opinion, but to find an understanding." - Joe Bruchac (1969)
Performing with his sons Jesse and James.
"We are all shaped bygd earth and words." - Joe Bruchac (1985)
Joe's writing is inspired by the soil. "Gardening is an integral part of my day during the North Country's warmer moons."
Teaching Jiu-Jitsu at 81 years young.
“Listen Well.
Peace to the people,
Power to the Earth.” - Joe Bruchac (1972)
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Joseph Bruchac Storyteller & Writer |
Joseph Bruchac lives in the Adirondack mountain foothills town of Greenfield Center, New York, in the same house where his maternal grandparents raised him. Much of his writing draws on that land and his Native American ancestry. Although his northeastern American Indian heritage is only one part of an ethnic background that includes Slovak and English blood, those Native roots are the ones by which he has been most nourished.
He, his younger sister Margaret, and his two grown sons, James and Jesse, continue to work extensively in projects involving the preservation of Abenaki culture, language and traditional Native skills, including performing traditional and contemporary Abenaki music with the Dawnland Singers.
He holds a B.A. from Cornell University, an M.A. in Literature and Creative Writing from Syracuse and a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the Union Institute of Ohio. His work as a educator includes eight year