“Luci Tapahonso, inaugural poet laureate of the Navajo Nation and professor of English and director of creative writing at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, has published several collections of poetry, including Saánii Dahataal (The Women are Singing), written in Navajo and English. Tapahonso is originally from Shiprock, New Mexico, where she grew up...Read More
“When Luci Tapahonso was asked to be the Navajo Nation’s first Poet Laureate, she immediately thought of one goal. “I really want to let students know that their daily life is really a poetic life,” she said during an interview with the Navajo Times. The Navajo Nation officially named Tapahonso as its first Poet Laureate...Read More
“In Navajo, they say the sacred begins at the tip of my tongue. So there’s very much sacredness or a holiness that’s associated with creativity. Whatever a person creates and brings into this world is sacred. And it adds to the beauty of the world. We all benefit when people create something new.”–Luci Tapahonso Inspired...Read More
