Chip Livingston is the author of the novel Owls Don’t Have to Mean Death (Lethe, 2017); a story and essay collection, Naming Ceremony; and two poetry volumes, Crow-Blue, Crow-Black and Museum of False Starts. Chip teaches in the MFA programs at the Institute of American Indian Arts and Regis University.
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Our stuck tongues screamed louder In Alabama, words hung in a rhythm
Reservation hands could basket Tied back rocks rose, picked
Tarnished cigarettes unsupervised Betwe…