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Orlando White Explores Navajo Identity Through Language in Innovative "Bone Light"

Bone Light by Orlando White Red Hen Press, 64 pages, $15.95 When I heard the title of Orlando White's first book of poetry, Bone Light, and learned that White was a Navajo poet who had grown up on the Navajo Reservation near Tolikan, Arizona, I wanted to connect this intriguing juxtaposition of words in this title to the austere landscapes that I associate with Navajo country. I naively imagined something like a Georgia O ...

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