January 26, 2022
Indigeneity and Disability Justice Zine
By Indigenous Nations Poets
“The future lives in our bodies: Poetry & Disability Justice."
from "Femme Futures" by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Call for Indigenous Writers & Artists: Please submit work on the theme of Disability Justice for a Zine to be created in 2022 through a partnership between Abalone Mountain Press and In-Na-Po, Indigenous Nations Poets. What does disability justice look like for Indigenous communities? We are looking for multi-media submissions including: poetry, visual art, illustrations, cartoons, photographs, infographics, personal essays, creative nonfiction, song lyrics, dance, oral narrative, and any other genre of artistic and written expression. Submissions open from January 24 - February 15, 2022. Those whose work is included will receive a small honorarium and copies of the Zine.
This project is a part of the Academy of American Poets’ Poetry Coalition’s 2022 programming around Poetry & Disability Justice.
Image description: Lilac background, yellow stars. In-Na-Po logo: white medicine wheel lines in tan circle, foreground two abstract red forms hold blue books, blue spirit lines rise, blue water line beneath. Abalone Mountain Press logo: black outline of mountain, star-like plus signs above.
In-Na-Po
Founded in 2020, In-Na-Po—Indigenous Nations Poets—is a national Indigenous poetry community committed to mentoring emerging writers, nurturing the growth of Indigenous poetic practices, and raising the visibility of all Native Writers past, present, and future. In-Na-Po recognizes the role of poetry in sustaining tribal sovereign nations and Native languages.