and a recognition that human experience is intertwined with all that surrounds us

the deed to the land under your home rests on this system

But Lucy is being followed

a nation whose creation predicated the diminishment and ultimate erasure of bodies like hers and the people she loves: "I am doing my best to not become a museum / of myself

the Spider

The Intimacy Trials gender studies and a recognition that humanA post apocalyptic Native poetry collection that creates possibility for repair and reconciliation by holding the simultaneity of a violent past and a hopeful future. Aja Couchois Duncan's third book of poetry, The Intimacy Trials, explores cycles of violence, loss, and love that arc across history. Composed of intersecting narratives, this collection follows a post apocalyptic collective of survivors living in a state of gratitude, shame, and awe