Toasted Sister

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), author, poet and gardener

Bryce Stevenson (Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa), chef

Esper Rodriquez-Gaspardi (Chichimeca Mexican), artist and writer

Gabe Tegoseak (Iñupiaq), rapper, journalist

Geremy Clarion (Suqpiat American from the Native Village of Ouzinkie), runner and writer

Tina Deschenie (Diné and Tewa Hopi)

MKirby-Nectar Nomad (Tortuga Pueblo and Mestiza)

Alice Qannik Glenn (Iñupiaq), journalist and podcaster

Venaya Yazzie (Diné), artist and writer

Nobian Henan (Shoshone, Cherokee and Diné), artist and writer

Other artists in the zine:

Jonathan Thunder (Red Lake Nation)

Coen LaFever (Navajo, Santa Clara Pueblo and Northern Cheyenne)