Poetry events used to mean smoky rooms, berets, and bottles of red wine, but Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Natalie Diaz has elevated the art to its highest form. And, has done so to inform others of the harsh conditions her family has experienced living on a reservation. Diaz speaks eloquently and brutally of colonialism, growing up around whites, a mother’s love, and many other topics. She is the author of Postcolonial Love Poem and When My Brother Was an Aztec, and is one of the last speakers of Mojave (She has been committed to revitalizing the rich language). Diaz’s awards are numerous, and her words will find their way to people’s soul, as poems have done for 5,000 years.
Thu, Oct 30, 7pm, Free
Hammer Theatre Center, San Jose
