Safiya Sinclair Reads Natalie Diaz

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Kevin Young
The New Yorker: Poetry | May 22, 2019

Safiya Sinclair joins Kevin Young to read and discuss Natalie Diaz's poem "From the Desire Field" and her own poem "Gospel of the Misunderstood." Sinclair is the author of the poetry collection "Cannibal" and the forthcoming memoir "How to Say Babylon."

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