When My Brother Was an Aztec Contributor(s): Diaz, Natalie (Author) |
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ISBN: 155659383X ISBN-13: 9781556593833 Publisher: Copper Canyon Press OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2012 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General |
Dewey: 811.6 |
LCCN: 2011052376 |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.40 lbs) 124 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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 teeth, tails, and more than a few dreams. I watched a lion eat a man like a piece of fruit, peel tendons from fascia With one swipe of a paw much like a catcher's mitt with fangs, the lion The lion didn't want to do it-- Natalie Diaz was born and raised on the Fort Mojave Indian Reservation in Needles, California. After playing professional basketball for four years in Europe and Asia, Diaz returned to the states to complete her MFA at Old Dominion University. She lives in Surprise, Arizona, and is working to preserve the Mojave language. |