Charles M. Pigott is a Lecturer in Hispanic Studies at University of Strathclyde and Quondam Fellow of Hughes Hall (Cambridge). His other publications include "Maize and Semiotic Emergence in a Contemporary Maya Tale" (Tapuya), "The Last Inca: Hegemony and Abjection in an Andean Poetics of Discrimination" (Modern Languages Open) and "Ecological Ethics in Andean Songs" (Studies in American Indian Literatures).

"An original, compelling intervention into how scholars and critics understand Indigenous Literatures, their world-building capacities, and relationships with the environment, Pigott’s book is a must read for those interested in the importance of Yucatec Maya language and literature".Paul M Worley, Western Carolina University "This book seeks to introduce non-Maya readers to a large body of literature that has gone relatively unnoticed. Pigott is uniquely positioned to carry out this work, as a skilled linguist with an impressive knowledge of both the Yucatec language and cultural context. This volume is a monumental achievement in literary analysis."Allen J Christenson, Brigham Young University

• PrologueChapter One: Literary InhabitationPart One: Lu’um: Writing the LandChapter Two: My LandChapter Three: Memories from the Heart of the ForestChapter Four: They SingChapter Five: A Dog’s Lament of a Dog’s LifePart Two: Wíinik: Writing HumanityChapter Six: Primordial FireChapter Seven: Tales of Old Mother CornChapter Eight: The Suffering of My Village and Women of TodayChapter Nine: Grandfather Gregorio: A Maya SageEpilogue: Towards an Intercultural and Translingual Ecocriticism