Saretta Morgan - March 28, 2024

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Morgan, Saretta

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March 28, 2024

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Spring Reading Series

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Poetry Center

Saretta Morgan

Saretta Morgan reads extensively from Alt-Nature (2024), her first full-length collection. Rooted in southern Arizona, her poems consider the militarization of the US-Mexico border and the legacies of colonialism in American culture.

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Welcome

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by Tyler Meier

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Introduction

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by Marianna ColesCurtis

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Opening Remarks

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Epigraph from Alt-Nature

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Morgan, Saretta

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Morgan, Saretta. Alt-Nature. Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 2024.

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love

genocide

freedom

palestine

craft

resistance

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"First"

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Morgan, Saretta

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Morgan, Saretta. Alt-Nature. Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 2024.

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the state

plural

isolation

clandestine

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"Dearth-light"

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Morgan, Saretta

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Morgan, Saretta. Alt-Nature. Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 2024.

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love

love poem

the state

desert

horses

nature

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"Consequences upon arrival (i)"

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Morgan, Saretta

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Morgan, Saretta. Alt-Nature. Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 2024.

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time

anticipation

repair

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"For Francees, because she said, One day maybe you'll write a poem about us"

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Morgan, Saretta

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Morgan, Saretta. Alt-Nature. Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 2024.

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mothers and daughters

migrants

us-mexico border

borderlands

migrant detention

greek myths

Greek mythology

coyote

border wall

border

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"Consequences upon arrival (ii)"

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Morgan, Saretta

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Morgan, Saretta. Alt-Nature. Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 2024.

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plural

river

rain

occasion

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"If skin passes always through language, texture is compelled by desire"

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Morgan, Saretta

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Morgan, Saretta. Alt-Nature. Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 2024.

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militarization

nature

government

the state

surveillance

the body

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"Consequences upon arrival (iii)"

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Morgan, Saretta

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Morgan, Saretta. Alt-Nature. Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 2024.

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conflict

orientation

climate

the state

plural

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"Dominant orientation lights a corridor wide as Mexico's northern border"

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Morgan, Saretta

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Morgan, Saretta. Alt-Nature. Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 2024.

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us-mexico border

borderlands

nature

the state

migrant deaths

species

african american

african americans in the southwest

black southwest

border patrol

sonoran desert

drought

rain

racism

mass incarceration

carceral state

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"Consequences upon arrival (iv)"

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Morgan, Saretta

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Morgan, Saretta. Alt-Nature. Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 2024.

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topography

the state

landscape

valley

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"The zen garden is nice on the weekends but the door will lock behind you"

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Morgan, Saretta

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Morgan, Saretta. Alt-Nature. Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 2024.

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hospital

veterans

death

militarism

race

suicide

connection

human connection

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"The revolution will not be televised, yet she turns from the horizon and is waving hello"

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Morgan, Saretta

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Morgan, Saretta. Alt-Nature. Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 2024.

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love

revolution

intimacy

nature

daily life

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"Consequences upon arrival (v)"

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Differs slightly from published version.

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Morgan, Saretta

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Morgan, Saretta. Alt-Nature. Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 2024.

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desert

plural

future

survival

land

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Saretta Morgan

March 28, 2024

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Paola Valenzuela

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