Laura Tohe

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Laura Tohe

Laura Tohe

@LauraTohe

Navajo Nation Poet Laureate, Librettist, Writer, Speaker on Navajo Code Talkers

United States Katılım Kasım 2019
15 Takip Edilen146 Takipçiler
Laura Tohe
Laura Tohe@LauraTohe·
Writer's Institute now open for enrollment. On-line classes include writing workshops, panel discussion, and elder's teaching. Apply for a Writing Fellowship today! Open to all.
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Thank you everyone for helping to raise donations—poets, presses, and the audience, near and far. Stay safe everyone.
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Manny Loley
Manny Loley@LoleyManny·
During dark times, good news is a blessing. So happy and grateful for @LauraTohe and her amazing work! She is the current Poet Laureate of the Diné Nation and was named a 2020 Poet Laureate Fellow by @POETSorg it is a great time for Diné letters. Nízhoní shitsi’ Laura!
Academy of American Poets@POETSorg

We're pleased to announce our 2020 Poets Laureate Fellows, 23 individuals who serve as Poets Laureate of states, cities, counties & the Navajo Nation. They'll lead civic poetry programs in their communities & will each receive $50K for a total $1.1 million poets.org/academy-americ…

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Laura Tohe
Laura Tohe@LauraTohe·
Corporate media is finally beginning to focus on the stories taking place in indigenous communities. The NN is in distress, please help with what you can. Thank you. Stay safe. nndoh.org/donate.html
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Laura Tohe
Laura Tohe@LauraTohe·
ways; they are the most vulnerable. My father, Benson Tohe, being one of the Navajo Code Talkers, was among a group of young men who stepped up during World War II to develop and use a military code that was never deciphered and helped save many American lives.
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Laura Tohe@LauraTohe·
@ we are not invisible, we are still here. The Navajo Nation needs supplies to combat COVID-19. We are the third largest group per capita to be infected with the virus. Years of poverty, lack of adequate healthcare and facilities, lack of good water and ...
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Laura Tohe
Laura Tohe@LauraTohe·
If you're in NYC come to the poetry reading by Chris McCabe, editor of Poems from the Edge of Extinction, Valzhyna Mort, Bob Holman and moi. Bowery Poetry 308 Bowery, NY, NY. 3:30 - 5pm, Saturday Jan 19, 2020. Voices from all over the world- vulnerable & endangered-are here.
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Laura Tohe@LauraTohe·
Thank you everyone for your comments and for retweeting my poem.
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Laura Tohe@LauraTohe·
I’m thrilled to have my work be a part of Poem-a-Day. Thank you to Sherwin Bitsui for curating a wonderful collection of poetry for the month of November.
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