When My Brother Was an Aztec

Natalie Diaz

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Copper Canyon Press,U.S.
14 August 2012

Poetry

""I write hungry sentences,"" 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 fascia like 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 ringing a stick against the lion's cage, calling out Here, Kitty Kitty, Meow!

With one swipe of a paw much like a catcher's mitt with fangs, the lion pulled the man into the cage, rattling his skeleton against the metal bars.

The lion didn't want to do it- He didn't want to eat the man like a piece of fruit and he told the crowd this: I only wanted some goddamn sleep . . .

Natalie Diaz was born and raised on the Fort Mojave Indian Reservation in Needles, California. After playing professional basketball for four years in Europe and Asia, Diaz returned to the states to complete her MFA at Old Dominion University. She lives in Surprise, Arizona, and is working to preserve the Mojave language.

By: Natalie Diaz
Imprint: Copper Canyon Press,U.S.
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 177mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 198g
ISBN: 9781556593833
ISBN 10: 155659383X
Pages: 124
Publication Date: 14 August 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

Commended for Literary Award (Open Book) 2013

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When My Brother Was an Aztec

Natalie Diaz

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