After receiving a grant from the MacArthur Foundation in 1981, she began her second novel, which took ten years to write. Meanwhile, she released the 
After receiving a grant from the MacArthur Foundation in 1981, she began her second novel, which took ten years to write. Meanwhile, she released the collection Storyteller and The Delicacy and Strength of Lace, a selection of her correspondence with poet James Wright. Her The Almanac of the Dead spans 500 years and focuses on a Tucson family traveling to Africa and Israel. Her first novel featured World War II veteran Tayo learning that the noun of the title referred to not just formal ritual but also a lifestyle. For 10 points, name this Native American author who penned Ceremony.
After receiving a grant from the MacArthur Foundation in 1981, she began her second novel, which took ten years to write.
Leslie Marmon {Silko}