When My Brother Was an Aztec"I write hungry sentences," Natalie Diaz once explained in an interview, "because they want more and more lyricism and imagery to satisfy them." This debut collection is a fast paced tour of Mojave life and family narrative: A sister fights for or against a brother on meth, and everyone from Antigone, Houdini, Huitzilopochtli, and Jesus is invoked and invited to hash it out. These darkly humorous poems illuminate far corners of the heart, revealing

the West Village and Harlem

with new introductions by the author

their blood

The result is a compelling case to “make techno Black again

questions myths

Alice Coltrane was living in Southern California and had recently become a swami

who has plans to leave but will not go alone

This book was published in conjunction with Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

while also being a major achievement on its own

A hilarious and insightful collection of essays exploring impostor syndrome

the obnoxious―but loyal―Louie

They stitch the gray scale of daily disappointment with vivid