Kimberly Blaeser - January 30, 2025

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Blaeser, Kimberly
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Amerind Museum, Poetry Center

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Spring Reading Series
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Poetry Center
Kimberly Blaeser

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Welcome from the Poetry Center
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by Tyler Meier

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Welcome from Amerind Museum
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by Erin Kaldahl

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Blaeser, Kimberly
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Introduction to Elizabeth Wilder
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by Tyler Meier

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Introduction
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by Elizabeth Wilder

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"The Where in My Belly"
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Blaeser, Kimberly
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Blaeser, Kimberly. Ancient Light. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 2024. 

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water
earth
pollution
minnesota
upper widwest
white earth nation
nature
indigeneity
place
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"Poem on Disappearance"
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Blaeser, Kimberly
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Blaeser, Kimberly. Ancient Light. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 2024. 

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colonization
indigenous
indigineity
absence
disapperance
repetition
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"Taxonomy"
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Blaeser, Kimberly
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Blaeser, Kimberly. Ancient Light. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 2024. 

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birds
ancestors
survival
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"On the Dignity of Gestures"
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Differs slightly from published version. 

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Blaeser, Kimberly
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Blaeser, Kimberly. Ancient Light. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 2024. 

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dignity
daily life
nature
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"About Standing (in Kinship)"
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Differs slightly from published version. 

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Blaeser, Kimberly
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Blaeser, Kimberly. Ancient Light. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 2024. 

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friendship
feet
the body
connection
intimacy
closeness
kinship
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"The Way We Love Something Small: Inky leaf shadows on snow"
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Blaeser, Kimberly
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Blaeser, Kimberly. Ancient Light. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 2024. 

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snow
nature
short poem
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"The Way We Love Something Small: Vowel sounds from a land"
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Blaeser, Kimberly
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Blaeser, Kimberly. Ancient Light. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 2024. 

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language
land
island
short poem
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"The Way We Love Something Small: In the cold blur hour of winter"
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Blaeser, Kimberly
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Blaeser, Kimberly. Ancient Light. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 2024. 

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short poem
humanity
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"The Way We Love Something Small: Moon glow in the saddle of mountains"
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Blaeser, Kimberly
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Uncollected.

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moon
perception
short poem
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"The Way We Love Something Small: The translucent claws of newborn mice"
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Blaeser, Kimberly
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Blaeser, Kimberly. Ancient Light. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 2024. 

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wonder
mice
short poem
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"Nocturne at 2am"
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Differs slightly from published version. 

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Blaeser, Kimberly
Citation

Blaeser, Kimberly. Ancient Light. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 2024. 

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night
nocturne
water
stars
nature
mothers and daughters
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"Akawe, a prelude"
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Blaeser, Kimberly
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Poem card printed at the Indigenous Nations Poets 2024 #LanguageBack Retreat in Minneapolis, MN. 

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language
reclamation
indigenous language
endangered language
linguicide
resistance
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"A Song for Giving Back"
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Blaeser, Kimberly
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Blaeser, Kimberly. Copper Yearning. Duluth: Holy Cow! Press, 2019.

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call and response
anishinaabemowin
song
water
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"Ikwe-niimi: Dancing Resistance"
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Blaeser, Kimberly
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Blaeser, Kimberly. Copper Yearning. Duluth: Holy Cow! Press, 2019.

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dance
dancing
resistance
anishinaabe
healing
women
lineage
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"After Words"
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Blaeser, Kimberly
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Blaeser, Kimberly. Copper Yearning. Duluth: Holy Cow! Press, 2019.

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grief
survival
existence
death
soul
repetition
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"Quiescence"
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Differs from published version. 

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Blaeser, Kimberly
Citation

Blaeser, Kimberly. Ancient Light. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 2024. 

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death
nature
survival
grief
earth
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"When Her Body is a Battleground"
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Blaeser, Kimberly
Citation

Blaeser, Kimberly. "When Her Body is a Battleground." Hayden's Ferry Review, Issue 73, Fall/Winter 2023. 

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grief
the body
missing and murdered indigenous women
survival
ojibwe
song
women's resistance
resistance
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Kimberly Blaeser stands next to a tree wearing a blue and brown printed cardigan with a black lined pattern. She wears a black blouse with a lace design, and large bronze-colored earrings with a triangle design. A tree and parking garage are blurred in the background.
Kimberly Blaeser
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Paola Valenzuela
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