{"id":2100,"date":"2010-11-27T12:31:10","date_gmt":"2010-11-27T16:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/\/?p=2100"},"modified":"2010-11-27T12:31:10","modified_gmt":"2010-11-27T16:31:10","slug":"book-review-the-turquoise-ledge-by-leslie-marmon-silko-nytimes-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/blog\/2010\/11\/27\/book-review-the-turquoise-ledge-by-leslie-marmon-silko-nytimes-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review &#8211; The Turquoise Ledge &#8211; By Leslie Marmon Silko &#8211; NYTimes.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>&#8230;in the Tucson Mountains, pack rats make a home in the copy machine, a rattlesnake hides under the chaise longue, spiders are welcome and the appearance of a grasshopper is seen as a sign from Lord Chapulin, the Grasshopper Being.<\/p>\n<p>Silko\u2019s menagerie includes mastiffs, parrots, macaws, bees, hummingbirds and various other creatures. None of them are really pets: she gives them respect, not coddling. In fact, much of the book describes how she tends to the animals that live in and around her home, as well as how she attempts to help them ward off predators. While she can\u2019t do much to protect them from the biggest menace, man, Silko\u2019s understanding of nature\u2019s balance brings her comfort. When she sees evidence of fresh destruction by a neighbor, she calms herself by imagining him being smashed under a boulder.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/11\/28\/books\/review\/Thomas-t.html?nl=books&amp;emc=booksupdateema3\">Book Review &#8211; The Turquoise Ledge &#8211; By Leslie Marmon Silko &#8211; NYTimes.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;in the Tucson Mountains, pack rats make a home in the copy machine, a rattlesnake hides under the chaise longue, spiders are welcome and the appearance of a grasshopper is seen as a sign from Lord Chapulin, the Grasshopper Being. Silko\u2019s menagerie includes mastiffs, parrots, macaws, bees, hummingbirds and various other creatures. None of them &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/blog\/2010\/11\/27\/book-review-the-turquoise-ledge-by-leslie-marmon-silko-nytimes-com\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Book Review &#8211; The Turquoise Ledge &#8211; By Leslie Marmon Silko &#8211; NYTimes.com&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2100"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2100"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2101,"href":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2100\/revisions\/2101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}