A History of Kindness
Linda Hogan. Torrey House, Apr.
Chickasaw writer Hogan (Dark. Sweet.) examines memory and the natural world, exploring the body, family, and ecology in her
10th collection.
Little Big Bully
Heid E. Erdrich. Penguin Books, Oct.
Written from the perspective of an Ojibwe woman, these long-lined poems by Native poet Erdrich survey the effects of sustained
persecution and subjugation.
Postcolonial Love Poem
Natalie Diaz. Graywolf, out now
In what PW’s starred review called an “exquisite, electrifying collection,” Diaz interrogates America’s violent past and looks unflinch-
ingly at the statistics related to marginalized groups living in the U.S. today. (See PW’s q&a with Diaz, “Broken and Beautiful,” p. 45.)
Spawn
Marie-Andrée Gill, trans. from the French by Kristen Renee Miller. Book*hug, Apr.
Ilnu poet Andrée-Gill’s book follows a teenage protagonist/alter ego coming of age in the ’90s, exploring adolescence as well as
imperialism and colonization.
When the Light of the World
Was Subdued, Our Songs
Came Through
Edited by Joy Harjo. Norton, Aug.
In this anthology, Harjo, U.S. poet lau-
reate and member of the Muscogee
Nation, gathers the work of more than
160 poets across nearly 100 indigenous
nations.Words like Thunder
Lois Beardslee. Wayne State Univ., Apr.
Ojibwe author Beardslee writes on
Native people around the Great Lakes,
exploring subjects like climate change
and socioeconomic equality.Yáamay: An Anthology of
Southern California
Indigenous Women
Great Oak Press, Apr.
This anthology features poetry, creative
nonfiction, and visual art by Native
American women from California tribes.
—Maya PopaLove Child’s Hotbed of
Occasional Poetry
Poems & Artifactsby NIKKY FINNEY
Author of Head Off
& Split, winner of
the National Book
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