Poetry Month with Layli Long Soldier and Boderra Joe

Boderra Joe is a Diné poet, journalist, photographer, and a teacher. She is the recipient of fellowships from Willapa Bay Artist-In-Residence, the Indigenous Nations Poets (In-Na-Po), Naropa University, Idyllwild Arts, and the Bosque Redondo Memorial. She teaches English Language Arts at To’Hajiilee Community School and resides in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Layli Long Soldier holds a B.F.A. from the Institute of American Indian Arts and an M.F.A. from Bard College. Her poems have appeared in POETRY Magazine, The New York Times, The American Poet, The American Reader, The Kenyon Review, BOMB and elsewhere. She was a finalist for the 2017 National Book Award. She teaches in the MFA Creative Writing Program at the Institute of American Indian Arts and resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico