Natalie Diaz

Photograph: Deanna Dent

This #matriarchmonday we are honoring poet Natalie Diaz! This year, she published Postcolonial Love Poem with Graywolf Press. She is the modern and contemporary poetry chair for Arizona State University and a citizen of Gila River Tribe. After the tour de force of “When My Brother Was An Aztec” in 2014, this follow-up collection of poems carries the same magic and linguistic nuance. Check out some excerpts at: poets.org/poems/natalie-diaz.

Photo credit: Tony Gale