Bridging The Gap # 44: Esther Belin answers a question asked by Tacey Atsitty...

Esther Belin is the author of two poetry books and coeditor of ‘The Diné Reader: An Anthology of Navajo Literature’. Belin’s visual art combines a variety of disciplines and works to reframe the mythical primitivism often associated with indigenous cultures. She is a citizen of the Navajo Nation and a member of ‘Saad Bee Hózhǫ́’, a Diné Writers’ Collective. She teaches in the Native American and Indigenous studies department at Fort Lewis College. In 2025, she was invited by the Poetry Foundation in Chicago to be the guest editor of its March issue dedicated to Diné poetry. ••• https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/issue/1651121/march-2025 https://estherbelin.com/ https://poets.org/poet/esther-belin#tabbed-content https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_Belin https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/esther-belin https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/esther-belin#tab-poems ••• Tacey M. Atsitty is an award-winning Diné (Navajo) poet. She belongs to Tsénahabiłnii (Sleep Rock People) and born for Ta'neeszahnii (Tangle People). She is the director of the Navajo Film Festival. Atsitty is a PhD student in creative writing at Florida State University. ••• https://taceymatsitty.com/bio/ https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/tacey-atsitty https://poets.org/poet/tacey-m-atsitty https://www.unmpress.com/author/tacey-m-atsitty/ https://www.worldliteraturetoday.org/2017/may/still-life-morrow-tacey-m-atsitty ••• In this series, Radio Aula Mundi tries to build bridges between people by having them ask questions for anyone, anytime, anywhere in the world… https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0J-iNFOJ5e6_Q2wdtTrDQ1w2Ehh-vzvK ••• Interviews conducted by Marco Rixecker https://www.amazon.com/author/marcorixecker ••• Radio Aula Mundi, June 2025 At the moment, Radio Aula Mundi is an evolving podcast station where no language and all languages are spoken… It’s a multilingual mix of music, poetry, lectures, languages, interviews, documentaries, recipes, and a lot more, co-produced with the students of the ‘Aula Mundi International Cultural Center’… ••• Radio Aula Mundi Centro Cultural & Turistico Aula Mundi Aula Mundi Cultural Travel Center••• https://linktr.ee/radioaulamundi https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0J-iNFOJ5e7pEH8ldsVqlM272Ly4wwBQ&si=32mCc1rHxF6P2_k9 https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0J-iNFOJ5e5lZU4LDuNWY8e7lzTVK4mt&si=_GoKP4ZOtLujYK_z •••