Originally published by Press Gang Publishers in 1995 and now distributed by Lazara Press.

Telling the truth is powerful medicine. It is a fire that lights the way for others. When we speak our “Fire Power,” we join a long & honored line of warriors against injustice.

Chrystos is a widely acclaimed writer and Native Rights activist, winner of the Audre Lorde International Poetry Competition in 1994 and of the Sappho Award of Distinction from the Astraea National Lesbian Action Foundation in 1995.