Coyote's Condoms (The Real Story Safe Sex Project) by Ty Nolan

I thought it was humorous and creative that Mr. We are also given insight into life on a reservation as well as his family's life. He has also woven certain Native legends with these experiences and expanded into other spiritualism's as well. Nolan's own personal experience he is sharing with us for our own enlightenment, he is sowing seeds. Yes, I am hesitant to call this a story even though many will relate to it as such.

Frankly, I found it to be an amazing history. The narrative is about the spiritual truths he experienced as a young man. He doesn't pull any punches about being a gay man. Appraisal: Ty Nolan gets up close and personal in this coming of age memoir about his life, possibly a little too personal for some. Description: Ty Nolan's coming of age story with Native American Magical Realism interwoven with traditional American Indian Legends. He currently lives in Arizona near South Mountain Community College, where one can be certified as a storyteller at one of the only Storytelling Institutes in the United States. Most recently he has worked with the National Science Foundation's Flagship Project, Synergy. He was asked to teach STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) professors how to use Storytelling (a retelling of traditional Native American Stories) to more effectively communicate complex concepts about technology to a general audience. Reviewed on BP's by Reviewed by: ?wazithinkin Ty Nolan is a professional storyteller and a therapist. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. (includes Coyote's Condoms, created for the Real Story Safe-Sex Project) The first chapter was a finalist in National Public Radio’s Short Fiction Contest under “Dolls.” Now discover the full story of a most remarkable family. How do I explain to my vegetarian significant other that he can buy a t-shirt in the tribal store that reads, 'Vegetarian is an Indian word for poor hunter.' How do those for whom meat is something wrapped in plastic you use plastic to buy, make sense of my siblings hacking meat off a still-warm carcass? Do they really understand that the smooth hardness of the drums of mine they touch and admire is the flesh of the animal scraped clean?” Thus begins a coming of age story of Native American Magical Realism. Living in cities that are so bright they blot out the stars at night, my lovers have had skin washed pale as fish bellies back home, and I have never quite figured out how to explain to them what happens on our reservation, where stars look new and are strong enough to burn our bodies brown. Perhaps my song is not strong enough, or perhaps I would be better off with stiffer relationships than the blood and bone-based lovers I've chosen-or that have chosen me. “My grandmother's song would make her wooden dolls dance without strings, something I have sought to do in my own relationships without much success. From the NY Times and USA Today Best Selling Author Ty Nolan.

Coyote's Condoms (The Real Story Safe Sex Project) by Ty Nolan