Natalie Diaz - April 2, 2015

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UA American Indian Studies Department, UA Department of English, UA Poetry Center

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UA Poetry Center
Natalie Diaz

Natalie Diaz reads poems that would appear five years later in Postcolonial Love Poem (2020). She also reads briefly from her first book, When My Brother Was An Aztec (2012).

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Welcome
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by Tyler Meier

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Introduction of the Poetics and Politics of Water Series and of Ofelia Zepeda
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by Larry Evers

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Introduction of Natalie Diaz
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by Ofelia Zepeda

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"The Mustangs"
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Differs from published version. 

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Diaz, Natalie. Postcolonial Love Poem. Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2020. 

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"Cranes, Mafiosos, and a Polaroid Camera"
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Diaz, Natalie. Postcolonial Love Poem. Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2020. 

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"These Hands, If Not Gods"
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Diaz, Natalie. Postcolonial Love Poem. Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2020. 

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"Downhill Triolets: Sisyphus and My Brother"
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Diaz, Natalie. When My Brother Was An Aztec. Port Townsend: Copper Canyon Press, 2012.

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"Downhill Triolets: Tribal Cops, Geronimo, Jimi Hendrix, and My Brother"
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Diaz, Natalie. When My Brother Was An Aztec. Port Townsend: Copper Canyon Press, 2012.

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Excerpt from "Run'N"Gun"
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Differs slightly from published version.

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Diaz, Natalie. Postcolonial Love Poem. Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2020. 

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"Top Ten Reasons Why Indians Are Good at Basketball"
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Diaz, Natalie. Postcolonial Love Poem. Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2020. 

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Question and Answer Session and "The Bells of Prague"
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Diaz, Natalie. "The Bells of Prague." Connotation Press: An Online Artifact 4.6 (2015): n. pag. Web. 16 April 2015.

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Question and Answer Session
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Natalie Diaz
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Cybele Knowles
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