Language, Poetry and Resilience
Natalie Diaz
Monday, 31 Mar 2014 at 3:30 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union
Join us for a moderated conversation with poet Natalie Diaz about the process of writing poems, about the place of myth in writing, and about the language revitalization program she directs at Fort Mojave, where she works and teaches with the last Elder speakers of the Mojave language. Natalie Diaz is the author of the poetry collection When My Brother Was an Aztec. She earned a BA from Old Dominion University, where she received a full athletic scholarship. She played professional basketball in Europe and Asia before returning to Old Dominion to earn an MFA. Diaz is an enrolled member of the Gila River Indian community. Part of the Wildness, Wilderness & the Environmental Imagination SeriesPartial podcast - recording begins approximately 30 minutes into the discussion.
Cosponsored By:
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
- Humanities Iowa
- MFA Program in Creative Writing & the Environment
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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