poems

• five poems as Seattle Review of Books Poet-in-Residence (March 2020)

  • Nautilus

  • studies in negative space

  • apology

  • concrete, exhaust, a chill (our cities feel the same before 8am),

  • Pandemic: While home is an outbreak, we pass a graveyard

• this story doesn't end in the unobscured and the aftermath of what - LitHub - New Poetry by Queer Indigenous Women, curated by Natalie Diaz (2018)

• nanta (kata) - Boston Review (2018)

• being of - Poetry on Buses (2017)

poems from exhibits (manuscript in progress)

• recover (II) - Anomaly #30: Queer Indigenous Poetics, curated by tanner mennard (2020)

• an-language: significant expressions and [silence] - yəhaw̓ exhibition (2019)

• checklist [  ] / (fulfill half before she touches you) - Whisper and the Roar (2019)

• on the record series - Blood Into Ink (2019)

• one poem in ʤə́kʼʷ zine, vol. 1, pdf available online (2019)

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musical collab

A piece from exhibits got to spark a new piece of music from Kate Olson, thanks to Jack Straw and Bushwick Book Club. I read the poem first, and you can read along with it on the screen, then Kate's work starts at about 1:45. Dream come true! Check it out.

installations and exhibitions

• yəhaw̓ at King Street Station, two pieces with audio, March 23--August 4, 2019

• “Now We Know: Indigenous Artists Write the World”, five pieces with audio, February 8--March 8, 2019

(video of me performing "nanta (kata)")