June 29, 2018
Precedent for the Present: Further Reading
Now we witness undocumented migrants detained and deported en masse on US soil; we witness vulnerable humans turned back from our shores and borders; we witness children – babies in […]
November 8, 2017
Layli Long Soldier and Identity
Having spent a good part of the last week discussing Layli Long Soldier’s remarkable Whereas (2017) with my poetry classes, her complex questions of identity and being in the world […]
April 17, 2017
Conversation with Layli Long Soldier
Layli Long Soldier’s first book Whereas was published in March by Graywolf Press. She holds a BFA from the Institute of American Indian Arts and an MFA from Bard College. […]