When My Brother Was an Aztec

Name: When My Brother Was an Aztec
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ISBN: 9781556593833

ISBN-10: 155659383X

ISBN-13: 9781556593833

Edition: 2012

Authors: Natalie Diaz

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"I writehungrysentences," Natalie Diaz once explained in an interview, "because they want more and more lyricism and imagery to satisfy them." This debut collection is a fast-paced tour of Mojave life and family narrative: A sister fights for or against a brother on meth, and everyone from Antigone, Houdini, Huitzilopochtli, and Jesus is invoked and invited to hash it out. These darkly humorous poems illuminate far corners of the heart, revealing teeth, tails, and more than a few dreams.I watched a lion eat a man like a piece of fruit, peel tendons from fascialike pith from rind, then lick the sweet meat from its hard core of bones.The man had earned this feast and his own deliciousness by…

Book details

List price: $16.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
Publication date: 5/8/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 124
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.38" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Natalie Diaz: Natalie Diaz was born and raised on the Fort Mojave Indian Reservation in Needles, California. Having played professional basketball for four years in western Europe and Asia, Diaz returned to the states to complete her MFA at Old Dominion University in 2007. She has received the Nimrod/Hardman Pablo Neruda Prize and her work has appeared in numerous journals and magazines, including Prairie Schooner, Nimrod International, and North American Review. She lives in Surprise, Arizona.