Postcolonial Love Poem

Post-Colonial Love Poem is the title poem of Natalie Diaz’s newest collection of poetry, which won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry. The poems are political, personal, and often angry or anguished, weaving Native American consciousness, the trauma of colonial conquest, the natural world, and sex together in a erudite way. Here’s what The Guardian says:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/sep/29/postcolonial-love-poem-by-natalie-diaz-review-fearless-sinuous-and-breathtaking

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About Mike Wilson

Mike Wilson’s work has appeared in magazines including Cagibi Literary Journal, Stoneboat, The Aurorean, The Ocotillo Review, London Reader, and in anthologies including for a better world 2020 and Anthology of Appalachian Writers Vol. X. He received Kentucky State Poetry Society’s Chaffin/Kash Prize in 2019. He resides in Lexington, Kentucky, but summers in Ecstasy and winters in Despair.

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