The University of Arizona Press
Date: Friday, April, 18, 2025
Time: 5-7 p.m.,
Where: Northland Pioneer College, Winslow Campus (LC101), 400 E 3rd St, Winslow, AZ, with live stream at Show Low Campus (Ponderosa 101), 1001 W. Deuce of Clubs, Show Low, AZ, and via Webex
Amber McCrary, author of Blue Corn Tongue: Poems in the Mouth of the Desert, will read from her book for Poetry Night at Northland Pioneer College. McCrary is of the Kin Łichíí’nii clan, born for the Naakaii Dine’é clan. She is the founder of Abalone Mountain Press and is an award-winning poet dedicated to uplifting Indigenous voices. To participate via Webex, use password Poet. Light refreshments will be served for in-person guests.
About the book:
Journeying from the Colorado Plateau to the Sonoran Desert and back again, Blue Corn Tongue invokes the places, plants, and people of Diné Bikéyah and O’odham jeweḍ in a deeply honest exploration of love, memory, and intimacy confronting the legacy of land violence in these desert homelands.
