| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Poet, Musician, and Professor in Women's and Ethnic Studies |
| Location | ColoradoSprings, Colorado, United States |
| Links | Audio Clip |
| Introduction | My home town is Berkeley, California. My tribal heritage is Concow. I have lived mostly in California and the west, and reside now in Colorado. I am the author of Beneath My Heart (Firebrand 1990), Earthquake Weather (University of Arizona 1996), and Alphabet (May Day 1996). With scholar Dean Rader, I co-edited Speak to Me Words: Essays on American Indian Poetry (University of Arizona 2003). My newest book of poetry, Doubters and Dreamers, was published in 2011 by the University of Arizona Press. It is a finalist for the 2012 Colorado Book Award. I just finished a Native Artist Residency at the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe, where I worked on a new manuscript of poems and composed music for the guitar. The photo of me was taken by Jason Ordaz at the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe, New Mexico. |
| Interests | Music, guitar, accordion, poetry, photography, folk dance, and wine. |
| Favorite Movies | "La Petite Voleuse, " ("The Little Thief") |
| Favorite Music | Slava Grigoryan's "Dance of the Angel", Lhasa's "La Llorona", Yan Tiersen's score for the film, "Amelie", Inti Illimani, Pink Martini. |
| Favorite Books | "Deep Rivers" by Jose Maria Arguedes, "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, "Time and Material" by Robert Hass, "Housekeeping" by Marilynne Robinson, "The Secret Life of Puppets" by Victoria Nelson, "The Demon and the Angel" by Edward Hirsch, "Runaway" by Alice Munro, "Beloved" by Toni Morrison, "Rounding the Human Corners" by Linda Hogan, "A Map to the Next World" by Joy Harjo, "How It Is" by V.F. Cordova, "Ceremony" by Leslie Silko. |
