# Luci Tapahonso

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Luci Tapahonso: "This Morning"

Recorded by Luci Tapahonso for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 29, 2020. www.poets.org

Luci Tapahonso - Navajo poet laureate

Luci Tapahonso is a professor of English at the University of Arizona in Tucson and the first poet laureate of the Navajo nation. The native speaker of Navajo is in New Zealand as part of Victoria University's inaugural creativity week.

Imogen Arate with Amber McCrary

This week, Amber (https://theasdzaabeat.com/) and I (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/) discuss our respective poems, "TC coincidence? I think not!" and "Do You Recall?" indigenous love, the colonized diet and resilience in the face of trauma and hardship. You can support Amber's work by don…

Prof. Luci Tapahonso

Luci Tapahonso is Diné and a Professor of American Indian Studies and English. She is the author of three children's books and five books of poetry. She teaches courses in American Indian Literature and Creative Writing. Professor Tapahonso received the 2002 American Indian Leadership Award from th…

Because Colonialism

Because the Fourth of July is garbage, Drea and Anne are drinking a beautiful wine from Indigenous producer, Kitá Wines, the T’aya 2019 White Blend. Topics discussed in this episode include rage naps, taking care of your face, and a defense of critical race theory. This week’s wine pairs well with …

Jake Skeets: Saad, Where We All Started

Jake Skeets curates poems by Diné poets centering on translation and the way that the Diné language orients its speakers to the world, which exists before them. He shares Rex Lee Jim’s invocation of voice as what brings life (“Language”), Laura Tohe’s embodiment of meaning in rhythm and sound (“Nil…

Yellow Tree II

"Soup Will Be Your Salvation" The second in our series on the environmental and humanitarian legacy of US uranium mines in The Navajo Nation and abroad. Before we talk about the mines, we need to discuss the historical context of settler-colonial oppression of the Navajo by the United States. In…

Luci Tapahonso: "Wooden Window Frames"

Recorded by Luci Tapahonso for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on November 28, 2024. www.poets.org

From the Archives : Jake Skeets : Eyes Bottle Dark with a Mouthful of Flowers

Today’s episode is a classic from the archives, a conversation from 2019 with current Navajo Nation Poet Laureate Jake Skeets about his debut poetry collection Eyes Bottle Dark with a Mouthful of Flowers. Winner of the Whiting Award in poetry and the Kate Tufts Discovery Award, there is no better t…