When My Brother Was an Aztec horror Indian slavery was illegal in

Indian slavery was illegal in much of the American continent

grew up speaking both English and Dakota

Talkin' Up to the White Woman instead reveals an invisible racialized subject position represented and deployed in power relations with Indigenous women

"What We Notice" (E-Maaminonendamang)

When My Brother Was an Aztec horror Indian slavery was illegal in"I write hungry sentences," Natalie Diaz once explained in an interview, "because they want more and more lyricism and imagery to satisfy them." This debut collection is a fast paced tour of Mojave life and family narrative: A sister fights for or against a brother on meth, and everyone from Antigone, Houdini, Huitzilopochtli, and Jesus is invoked and invited to hash it out. These darkly humorous poems illuminate far corners of the heart, revealing