Blue Corn Tongue
Poems in the Mouth of the Desert
The University of Arizona Press · Print & ebook · February 25, 2025
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- Who it’s for
- For readers interested in poetry about love, friendship, and environmental destruction.
- Themes
- Love and friendship, Environmental destruction, Language loss
- Genres
- Native American Poetry, Love Poetry, American Poetry
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Blue Corn Tongue is a like mixtape from a thirty-something Diné punk girl. It offers poetry about love, friendship, environmental destruction, and language loss.
Where it sits
| Native American Poetry | 97% |
|---|---|
| Love Poetry | 33% |
| American Poetry | 31% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Desert Life
- Women Poets
- Native American Studies
- Indigenous Studies
- Authors
- Amber McCrary
- Publisher
- The University of Arizona Press
- Published
- February 25, 2025
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Love and friendship · Environmental destruction · Language loss
- Reading lane
- Desert Life