On January 19

Familiar or little-known

a clerk of John Jacob Astor's American Fur Company

while the depth of the author's knowledge allows us to see the ways in which these different practices can be rooted in the wisdom of the body

Louise Erdrich has enthralled readers with dazzling novels that paint an evocative portrait of Native American life

When My Brother Was an Aztec art On January 19"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