When My Brother Was an Aztec horror and swim with the fish

and swim with the fish instead of get ready for bed

"What We Notice" (E-Maaminonendamang)

they seek refuge in the butcher shop of their aunt Fritzie and her husband

William Wilson

Signaled panic

When My Brother Was an Aztec horror and swim with the fish"I write hungry sentences," Natalie Diaz once explained in an interview, "because they want more and more lyricism and imagery to satisfy them." This debut collection is a fast paced tour of Mojave life and family narrative: A sister fights for or against a brother on meth, and everyone from Antigone, Houdini, Huitzilopochtli, and Jesus is invoked and invited to hash it out. These darkly humorous poems illuminate far corners of the heart, revealing