Natalie Diaz When My Brother Was an Aztec Copper Canyon Press, 2012 103 pages, $16.00 “And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who would attempt to poison and destroy my brothers” – Ezekiel 25:17 What can you do when the world breaks apart? Turn to Natalie Diaz and her debut poetry collection When My Brother was an Aztec, perhaps the most anguished, eloquent, mournful document emerging from American poetry in the past quarter century. W

This spring, 2015 chapbook contest winner Anne Lesley Selcer was in residence at Krowswork in Oakland, CA. Check out this interview with Anne Lesley and Jasmine Moorhead, director of Krowswork, and read more about Anne Lesley's upcoming projects here. #AnneLesleySelcer #Authors

Sarah Marcus: You do incredible work on the executive board at VIDA: Women in the Literary Arts, and you focus specifically on Social Media and Outreach. After my year as a VIDA Counter and two years as a Count Coordinator, I think our current literary landscape needs VIDA now more than ever! Can you tell us about how VIDA is changing the way they count? Why is counting so crucial, and how can writers help keep this conversation moving forward? Lynn Melnick: Thank you so much