“If we allow the pieces of our culture to lie scattered in the
dust of history, trampled on by racism and grief, then yes, we are
irreparably damaged. But if we pick up the pieces and use them in new
ways that honor their integrity, their colors, textures, stories—then we
do those pieces justice, no matter how sharp they are, no matter how
much handling them slices our fingers and makes us bleed.” Link to Heyday site here
From the Heyday website: Deborah A. Miranda is an enrolled member of the Ohlone Costanoan Esselen Nation of California, and is also of Chumash and Jewish ancestry. The author of two poetry collections—Indian Cartography, which won the Diane Decorah Award for First Book from the Native Writer’s Circle of the Americas, and The Zen of La Llorona, nominated for the Lambda Literary Award—she also has a collection of essays, The Hidden Stories of Isabel Meadows and Other California Indian Lacunae, forthcoming from the University of Nebraska Press. Miranda is an associate professor of English at Washington and Lee University and says reading lists for her students include as many books by “bad Indians” as possible. Visit Deborah Miranda"s blog: When Turtles Fly
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