Northern Arizona Book Festival: The Diné Reader (U of A Press)
Category: Event Calendar
Date and Time for this Past Event
- Saturday, Apr 3, 2021 4pm - 6pm
Location
Heritage Square
22 E. Aspen Ave
Details
4-6 PM // Online// April 3
Esther Esther G. Belin, Jeff Berglund, Hershmann John Sherwin Bitsui, Shonto Begay and others join together for a reading and discussion of The Diné Reader (University of Arizona Press).
The Diné Reader: An Anthology of Navajo Literature is unprecedented. It showcases the breadth, depth, and diversity of Diné creative artists and their poetry, fiction, and nonfiction prose.This wide-ranging anthology brings together writers who offer perspectives that span generations and perspectives on life and Diné history. The collected works display a rich variety of and creativity in themes: home and history; contemporary concerns about identity, historical trauma, and loss of language; and economic and environmental inequalities.
