In-Na-Po Faculty and Fellows Reading (Night 1) - April 2, 2026

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University of Arizona Office of Native American Advancement and Tribal Engagement, Amerind Museum

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Poetry Center
In-Na-Po Faculty and Fellows Reading (Night 1)

Fellows and faculty of the 2026 Indigenous Nations Poetry (In-Na-Po) retreat for emerging writers read from their work. Seven fellows (Christopher Diaz, Pōmaika'i Gushiken, Ana W. Miigwan, Selene Hofstetter, Chris Hoshnic, Sunni Parisien, and Anthony Ceballos) read alongside faculty members Elise Paschen, Rob Arnold, and Ofelia Zepeda. This is the first reading in a two-night series.

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"Things I Sound Like and the Breath I Take Before I Tell You I Was in the Military"
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Diaz, Christopher. Uncollected.

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"Leave"
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Diaz, Christopher. Uncollected.

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"To the Shock and Horror of All the Settlers in My Environmental Law Class, I Have a Complicated Relationship with Water"
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Gushiken, Pōmaika'i. Uncollected.

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"Tiki Gods"
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Gushiken, Pōmaika'i. Uncollected.

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"A Myth About My Brother"
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Miigwan, Ana W. Uncollected.

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"Hoofprints"
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Miigwan, Ana W. Uncollected.

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"To Be a Burning Woman"
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Miigwan, Ana W. Uncollected.

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"Niwakewaj"
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Miigwan, Ana W. Uncollected.

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"Mosquito Lakes, California"
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Miigwan, Ana W. Uncollected.

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"A cedar bundle burning"
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Uncollected.

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"Pre/apo/ca/lyp/tic blood quan/tum"
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Uncollected.

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"Pshwápshwa tnán"
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Uncollected.

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"Pastoral Prayer as a Genre at the Kayenta Shopping Center"
Description

Differs slightly from published version.

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Hoshnic, Chris. "Pastoral Prayer as a Genre at the Kayenta Shopping Center." Poetry Northwest, vol. 20, no. 1, Summer & Fall 2025, pp. 33-34.

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"I learned to touch myself after we toppled…"
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"Solstice"
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Uncollected.

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"Prairie Fire"
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Uncollected.

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"Allegiance to the Static"
Description

Differs from published version.

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Parisien, Sunni. "Allegiance to the Static." ni’hikeyah tʼáá jííkʼe, all free nations, todas las naciones libres: migratory in verse. Web. Accessed 25 August 2026.

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"The Nation Inside Me"
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Uncollected.

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"Death of the Father"
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Differs slightly from published version.

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Ceballos, Anthony. Glassful of Prayer. Minneapolis: Trio House Press, 2026. 

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"Southside Coffee Shop"
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Ceballos, Anthony. Glassful of Prayer. Minneapolis: Trio House Press, 2026. 

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"The Hands of Two Brown Men"
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Ceballos, Anthony. Glassful of Prayer. Minneapolis: Trio House Press, 2026. 

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"Heritage (II)"
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Part II of the long poem "Heritage." Differs slightly from published version. 

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Paschen, Elise. Blood Wolf Moon. Pasadena: Red Hen Press, 2025.

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"After Killers of the Flower Moon"
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Paschen, Elise. Blood Wolf Moon. Pasadena: Red Hen Press, 2025.

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"Sumac in Pawhuska"
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Paschen, Elise. Blood Wolf Moon. Pasadena: Red Hen Press, 2025.

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"Ho'-e-ga / Snare"
Description

Printed version bears the title "𐓡ó𐓟𐓤𐓘 / Ho'-e-ga / Snare"; read in English only.

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Paschen, Elise. Blood Wolf Moon. Pasadena: Red Hen Press, 2025.

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"Psalm"
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Differs slightly from published version.

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Arnold, Rob. "Psalm." The Rumpus, April 21, 2025. Web. Accessed 22 April 2026.

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"An Ice is a Body"
Description

Printed version bears the title "An Ice Cube is a Body." Differs slightly from published version.

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Arnold, Rob. "An Ice Cube is a Body." Solstice, Winter 2021. Web. Accessed 22 April 2026.

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"Pearl"
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From Rob Arnold's To the Unnamed, forthcoming from Graywolf Press.

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"Lost Prayers"
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Differs slightly from published version.

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Zepeda, Ofelia. Where Clouds Are Formed. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2008. 

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"Ocotillo Memorial"
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Differs slightly from published version.

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Zepeda, Ofelia. Where Clouds Are Formed. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2008. 

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"Ñeñe'i Ha-ṣa:gid / In the Midst of Songs"
Description

English differs slightly from published version.

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Zepeda, Ofelia. Where Clouds Are Formed. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2008. 

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"The Home of the Sacred"
Description

Differs slightly from published version.

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Zepeda, Ofelia. "The Home of the Sacred." Poem-A-Day. The Academy of American Poets, 26 November 2024. Web. Accessed 23 April 2026.

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"Blessings for Water"
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Zepeda, Ofelia. "Blessings for Water." United States Artists. Web. Accessed 25 August 2026.

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