Blue Corn Tongue: Poems in the Mouth of the Desert Taíno David Bouchard is of Métis

David Bouchard is of Métis descent

and contemporary nature and science writing

The family is packing up

a false accusation

and informative--useful for people doing language revitalization work in their own communities

Blue Corn Tongue: Poems in the Mouth of the Desert Taíno David Bouchard is of MétisIn 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