Free When My Brother Was an Aztec by Natalie Diaz

first book.

    I am lucky to count many good people as my family and friends, and I am grateful for their support of my work. I am indebted to the generosity that has been shown to me on so many occasions.

Copyright 2012 by Natalie Diaz
All rights reserved

    Cover art: Roberto Westbrook

    ISBN: 978-1-55659-383-3

    eISBN: 978-1-61932-033-8

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Lannan Literary Selections

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    LANNAN LITERARY SELECTIONS 2012

    Matthew Dickman and Michael Dickman,
50 American Plays

    Michael McGriff,
Home Burial

    Tung Hui-Hu, Greenhouses,
Lighthouses

    James Arthur,
Charms Against Lightning

    Natalie Diaz,
When My Brother Was an Aztec

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