Esther G. Belin is the author of two poetry books and co-editor of The Diné Reader. She teaches in the Native American and Indigenous Studies Department at Fort Lewis College and the low-residency MFA in Creative Writing program at the Institute of American Indian Arts. Raised in Los Angeles, she learned from the resilient Indian community to transplant and strengthen her Diné worldview. She is Tłógí born for Tó’díchʼiiʼnii and lives just east of the Dibé Ntsaa mountains on the Colorado side of the four corners.

Featured title: The Diné Reader: An Anthology of Navajo Literature

Website: https://www.estherbelin.com/index.html

ESTHER’S EVENTS:

• Friday, Sept. 20 @ 3:15 p.m. – Remembering Elizabeth Cook-Lynn – The Oceti Sakowin Writers Society – Briggs Library, Brookings
• Friday, Sept. 20 @ 4:30 p.m. – Author Signing Event – The Oscar, Fishback Studio Theater (154), Brookings
• Saturday, Sept 21 @ 10:15 a.m. – A Reading of New Work: Dine’ Poetry – The Oscar, Classroom 109, Brookings
• Saturday, Sept 21 @ 11:30 a.m. – Community Reading of New & Recently Published Work – Oceti Sakowin Writers Society – The Oscar, Founders Recital Hall (101A), Brookings
• Saturday, Sept 21 @ 2:00 p.m. – Indigenous Literary Sovereignty– The Oscar, Founders Recital Hall (101A), Brookings
• Saturday, Sept. 21 @ 4:30 p.m. – Author Signing Event – The Oscar, Fishback Studio Theater (154), Brookings

View the full schedule here!