Blue Corn Tongue: Poems in the Mouth of the Desert Lenape they promise to change the

they promise to change the way we see everything that lies ahead

is one of the first books of its kind

And we cannot move toward being a more just nation without understanding the root causes that have shaped our culture and institutions

and preserve their Native cultures rather than abandoning their heritage

" ~Louise Erdrich

Blue Corn Tongue: Poems in the Mouth of the Desert Lenape they promise to change theIn a voice that is jubilant, irreverent, sometimes scouring, sometimes heartfelt, and always unmistakably her own, Amber McCrary remaps the deserts of Arizona through the blue corn story of a young Din woman figuring out love and life with an O'odham man. Reflecting experiences of Indigenous joy, pain, and family, these shapeshifting poems celebrate the love between two Native partners, a love that flourishes alongside the traumas they face in the