I want to express Amerind’s deep appreciation to the Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona. Their foundation, along with a few private donors, awarded Amerind a grant to launch a new program that we call the Emerging Indigenous Artist Residency program.

One of the first artists supported through that new program is Mr. Manny Loley of the Navajo Nation. Manny is a poet and creative writer currently finishing up his doctoral degree in English and Literary Arts at the University of Denver. He was in residence at Amerind from December 2022 through January 2023.

Manny kindly allowed me to interview him about his work, his time at Amerind, and his future. That interview is available on Amerind’s YouTube channel with a running time of 46 minutes.

During that interview, Manny shared seven of his original poems with our viewers. With Manny’s permission, the video clips shared here contain excerpts from his longer interview, so that you can concentrate your attention on those seven poems.

I want to extend my sincere appreciation to Manny for the wonderful writings he is creating and sharing with the world.

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