Our next reader is Mariah Shield Chief.
She is Skidi-Pawnee and Tohono O'odham.
She is--
O'odham.
She is currently living and working in Tucson, Arizona.
She's a single mother, who at the time
of her writing for this book was raising
a fast-growing 14-year-old son.
How old is he now?
20, almost.
Ah.
[LAUGHTER]
Mariah's close to completing first novel
while continuing to create a new and variant piece of poetry.
Please welcome Mariah Shield Chief.
[APPLAUSE]