"Hogan's created empathy. She carves a vast tragedy down to a size and shape that will fit into a human heart." --Barbara Kingsolver, Los Angeles Times "A twisty exploration of not only the darkest parts of the human heart, but also the havoc wreaked by corrupt men and a corrupt nation. Tackling the issue of displacement with precision and insight, Hogan's storytelling is remarkable, powerful, and essentially human." --Cady Lang, Time "The strong, vibrant heart of a people betrayed beats throughout Linda Hogan's magical, brooding and richly textured novel. Mean Spirit is about the cultural disintegration of the Osage Indian tribe as the white world intrudes. Powerful." -- Chris Patsilelis, The Washington Post " Mean Spirit is a story rooted both in truth and mystery, and Linda Hogan has written it beautifully.

" --Louise Erdrich, author of The Night Watchman "This is a powerful, beautiful book. Linda Hogan gives us a true and vivid look at part of a great American tragedy. I wish everyone would read Mean Spirit and begin to understand." --Tony Hillerman, author of the Leaphorn and Chee series "Linda Hogan's Mean Spirit is a marvel. It is interesting to see how gracefully she, like a number of Native American poets -- Momaday, Erdrich, Welch, Silko -- has made a very natural move from poetry to the novel. The prose in Mean Spirit is exquisite, the narrative fine, if enraging. This is certainly an auspicious debut." --Jim Harrison, author of The Big Seven " Mean Spirit is a beautiful and elegiac story, a true American Tragedy, a paradise lost.

I loved it, even while it broke my heart." --William Kittredge, author of The Willow Field.