Poet Kenzie Allen explores her complex relationship to figures like Tiger Lily and Pocahontas
The Haudenosaunee poet joins Q guest host Vivek Shraya to talk about her debut book of poetry, Cloud Missives, which comes out later this month.
Allen's debut book of poetry, Cloud Missives, comes out on Aug. 20
The Haudenosaunee poet Kenzie Allen has a complex relationship to stereotypical Indigenous figures like Tiger Lily and Pocahontas. But in her debut book of poetry, Cloud Missives, she doesn't completely reject these figures outright. Allen joins Q guest host Vivek Shraya to talk about the collection, which is set to come out later this month. She also reads a poem for us, titled In Which I Become (Tiger Lily).
The full interview with Kenzie Allen is available on our podcast, Q with Tom Power. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
Interview with Kenzie Allen produced by Cora Nijhawan.