#native author

[zhuchara33]

How I was once transferred to another school

Dude I recently remembered this situation from my childhood

What did she meant by this?

[coffeebooksandmore]

Reading “Postcolonial Love Poem” by Natalie Diaz reminded me that the garden grows and dies. I see the the blue jays plant the seeds I leave them and then cry every time I remember how interconnected this world is. When your feet feel the soil underneath your toes, do you remember? Can you tell me you love me, but this time make me believe it too? I place my hand on my chest and feel my heart slow down. Sometimes I think I'm gardening, so I can follow the flowers around all day.

coffeeandbookss

[godzilla-reads]

November 25, 2021

Instead of celebrating genocide, be mindful of the space you occupy and who had it before it was colonized. Be mindful of where you get your food, your clothes, your books. Take today and really consider your impact.

[profeminist]

Joy Harjo Is First Native American Named U.S. Poet Laureate

Harjo is known for her forceful, intimate style that draws upon the natural and spiritual world

“Joy Harjo, the first Native American to be named U.S. poet laureate, has been ready for a long time.

“I’ve been an unofficial poetry ambassador — on the road for poetry for years,” the 68-year-old Harjo wrote in a recent email to The Associated Press. “I’ve often been the only poet or Native poet-person that many have seen/met/heard. I’ve introduced many poetry audiences to Native poetry and audiences not expecting poetry to be poetry.”

Her appointment was announced Wednesday by Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, who said in a statement that Harjo helped tell an “American story” of traditions both lost and maintained, of “reckoning and myth-making.” Harjo’s term is for one year and she succeeds Tracy K. Smith, who served two terms. The position is officially called “Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry,” with a $35,000 stipend. Harjo will have few specific responsibilities, but other laureates have launched initiatives, most recently Smith’s tour of rural communities around the country.

“I don’t have a defined project right now, but I want to bring the contribution of poetry of the tribal nations to the forefront and include it in the discussion of poetry,” says Harjo, an enrolled member of the Muscogee Creek Nation and a native of Tulsa, Oklahoma. “This country is in need of deep healing. We’re in a transformational moment in national history and earth history, so whichever way we move is going to absolutely define us.”

Read the full piece here 

[tinynavajoreads]

Tiny Navajo Currently Reads: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

[indige-zine]

‘This Question of Healing, This Question of Sovereignty’ by Sterling HolyWhiteMountain

[godzilla-reads]

“Knowing that you love the earth changes you, activates you to defend and protect and celebrate. But when you feel that the earth loves you in return, that feeling transforms the relationship from a one-way street into a sacred bond.”

—Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass 🌎

[the-fox-collective]

if you like horror novels, i recommend My Heart is a Chainsaw. it's a slasher horror novel by a native author! the protagonist is a native girl who's obsessed with slasher movies and kinda wants one to happen in her home town, and then people start dying around her home town! i really recommend it, the characters are so great and the protagonist is a good representation of troubled teenagers.

I haven't really read any horror novels before but it sounds good and I will be adding it to my reading list :) Thanks for the recommendation, especially for a book by a native american author, I really don't see enough of them!