From the magazine:圪料街
By Yuan Xin
一条小巷道，长220米，宽6.3米。
26年前的早晨，席力图召西侧，
骑着单车走过；10年前元宵节的夜晚，步行而过。
“圪料街”遗址，瓦屋三间，坍圮的砖坯墙，
立在大街正中，柏油马路到这里截断。
墙砖摇摇欲坠，…
26年前的早晨，席力图召西侧，
骑着单车走过；10年前元宵节的夜晚，步行而过。
“圪料街”遗址，瓦屋三间，坍圮的砖坯墙，
立在大街正中，柏油马路到这里截断。
墙砖摇摇欲坠，…
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Twenty-six years ago, I biked past the west side of …- By Frank X. Walkeris just a fancy word white officers
use when they bark
roll over, nigger! or sit up and beg, boy!
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By Shara McCallumAt this point, I don’t know what in me is Jamaican
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A Lonely Navajo Studies Under the City of Spires
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Follow a Diné elder down a rabbit hole:
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Magic Eight Ball
By Nicole GonzalezShould I have one more piece of frybread? Concentrate and ask againWill I ever live on the rez? Outlook…From the magazine:
Corn, Squash, Beans
By Nicole GonzalezThe Spiritual Symbiotic Triad
White corn masa harina
puff up on the comal,
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By Cheyenne Dakota WilliamsAt the drive-thru line
at Taco Bell
in a parking lot
in Shiprock
I look out
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By Kinsale DrakeIn the years of scorched earth,
Kit Carson’s pale-knife face
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By Norla Cheemiss you calling me at work
leaving stupid jokes on my phone
like the one about the Arapaho, the Navajo…
