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poetry-magazineFlipping the BirdBy Ann-Margaret LimHolding his stare in mine, I flip the birdat a grown manon a stool in front of the street baron the … Related Audio Social CommentariesGender & SexualityRace & EthnicityLivingComing of Age
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poetry-magazineOn IntimacyBy Omotara JamesWhen we meet at the holiday table, we take turns and great pains not to remind each other of our mutual… Related Audio NatureSocial CommentariesRace & EthnicityHistory & PoliticsRelationshipsFamily & Ancestors
The Palestinian ChairBy Edward SalemGod said (and already you can tellI’m making this up),If you lift a rock, I am there.If you lift a finger…Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityWar & ConflictHistory & PoliticsAngerGrief
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poetry-magazineSelf-PortraitBy Shara McCallumAt this point, I don’t know what in me is Jamaicanversus American. Or, reaching further back,Trinidadian… Related Audio Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityArts & SciencesLanguage & Linguistics
poetry-magazineLost Quails in an Easter PastoralBy Hershman JohnLast Easter, I gave my mother-in-law a large, brown, simple ceramic Navajo water pot, shiny with pine… Related Audio NatureLandscapes & PastoralsSocial CommentariesRace & EthnicityHistory & PoliticsRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsTypes/ModesPastoral + 2 more
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poetry-magazineThe “Um”—bundling of—Ultraviolet Velveteen and Corn—Husked SatinBy Zoey Yazzie I come from ablaze a female mountain boulders scorched cradled—in—betweenbeat—strained beet—stained… Related Audio NatureSocial CommentariesRace & EthnicityRelationshipsFamily & Ancestors
poetry-magazineDeconstructing and Reconstructing Webster’s Dictionary Definition of Indigeneity; Since 2005By Zoey Yazzie Door :[frames]: bolted by seams of desert fleece and beaming blindfolds dry-steamed by the musk … Related Audio Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityArts & SciencesLanguage & Linguistics
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poetry-magazinedáádílkałBy Chris Hoshnic Download the descriptive transcript 2 Our house on the hill. They always say in Navajo -up there…Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityThe MindDoubt & ContemplationTypes/ModesVisual Poetry
poetry-magazineVoicemailBy Norla Chee miss you calling me at work leaving stupid jokes on my phone like the one about the Arapaho, the Navajo… Related Audio Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityLivingSorrow & GrievingGrief
poetry-magazineNaal’eełi / Drake is the name for a male duckBy Kinsale DrakeIn the years of scorched earth, Kit Carson’s pale-knife face bayonetting the sky, his blood thirst, … Related Audio Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityWar & ConflictHistory & PoliticsRelationshipsFamily & Ancestors
poetry-magazineHow to be a drunk ndnBy Cheyenne Dakota WilliamsAt the drive-thru line at Taco Bell in a parking lot in Shiprock I look out from the backseat and see… Related Audio Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityHistory & Politics
poetry-magazineCorn, Squash, BeansBy Nicole Gonzalez The Spiritual Symbiotic Triad White corn masa harina puff up on the comal, Calabacitas steaming …Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityActivitiesEating & Drinking
poetry-magazineMagic Eight BallBy Nicole Gonzalez Should I have one more piece of frybread? Concentrate and ask again Will I ever live on the rez? Outlook…Social CommentariesPopular CultureRace & Ethnicity
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poetry-magazineA Lonely Navajo Studies Under the City of SpiresBy Hershman JohnDear young Deer Spring and Towering HousesFollow a Diné elder down a rabbit hole: My Pembroke crest… Related Audio Social CommentariesPopular CultureRace & EthnicityHistory & PoliticsActivitiesTravels & Journeys