Amber McCrary (she/her/hers)

Amber McCrary is of the Kin Łichíí’nii clan, born for the Naakaii Dine’é clan. Her maternal grandfather is the Áshįįhí clan and her paternal grandfather is the Ta’neeszahnii clan. McCrary was born in Tuba City, Arizona, and raised in Flagstaff, Arizona. She is a poet, zinester, dog (and cat) mom, and tea lover. She divides her time between northern and southern Arizona. "Blue Corn Tongue" is her first book.

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Communities: Arizona Author, Indigenous or Native American

Book:

Blue Corn Tongue

Poems in the Mouth of the Desert
Poetry
University of Arizona Press
January 2025
ISBN 9780816554300
114 pages

Blue Corn Tongue is a like mixtape from a thirty-something Diné punk girl. It offers poetry about love, friendship, environmental destruction, and language loss.