E88: Heart Rations

The “Heart Rations: Indigenous Food Poetry” zine is out (has been out)! It’s a collection of poems about… you guessed it… Indigenous food. In this episode, I talk with a couple of folks whose work appears in the zine; Cliff Taylor (Ponca Tribe of Nebraska) poet, author and creator of “The Ponca Poet’s Podcast,” Rebecca Kinkade-Black (Diné), Albuquerque book seller, and Vicente Telles, an artist from the South Valley of Albuquerque.

Other authors in the zine:

Teresa Peterson (Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota/citizen of the Upper Sioux Community)

Bryce Stevenson (Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa)

Esper Rodriquez-Gaspardi (Chichimeca Mexican)

Gabe Tegoseak (Iñupiaq)

Geremy Clarion (Suqpiat American from the Native Village of Ouzinkie)

Tina Deschenie (Diné and Tewa Hopi)

MKirby-Nectar Nomad (Tortuga Pueblo and Mestiza)

Alice Qannik Glenn (Iñupiaq)

Venaya Yazzie (Diné)

Nobian Henan (Shoshone, Cherokee and Diné)