"Gore's urgent warning is not that rare books are the new buffalo, per se, but that we as scholars ought to pay closer attention to a major structural shift in how we preserve knowledge and material culture that is happening almost imperceptibly under our very noses."-- Gage Karahkwí:io Diabo , Textual Cultures " Book Anatomy resists the inevitability of digital transformation, seeking instead to shore up Indigenous literary history/book history by closely attending to paratextual elements surrounding the works Gore considers as they appear in physical copies of the book.The point is to ensure that Indigenous culture workers get their due."-- Kristina Bross , American Literary History "Gore's writing is consistently clear and engaging, a pleasant, informative read. In fact, I was frequently struck by the ease with which Gore made her points."-- Cari M. Carpenter , author of Seeing Red: Anger, Sentimentality, and American Indians "In this eloquently argued study, Gore reveals how Native American authors used not just their words but also book covers, dust jackets, copyright statements, illustrations, and even blank space to contest negative stereotypes and claim a kind of publishing sovereignty over their narratives. This book opens pathways for teachers, students, tribes, and scholars to see Native-authored texts in richer ways.

"-- Matt Cohen , author of The Silence of the Miskito Prince: How Cultural Dialogue Was Colonized.