In “Almanac of the Dead” (1991), Silko foresees Arizona’s current water problems.
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Silko Foresaw Arizona’s Water Crisis
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Silko Foretells the “Brown Surge” North
Silko’s “Almanac of the Dead” foretells the “brown surge” of refugees crossing into the United States.
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Are Dystopian Novels Useful?
The new Arizona immigration law, which authorizes police to engage in racial profiling (even while claiming not to), has me thinking back to Almanac of the Dead, a 1991 novel by Pueblo writer Leslie Marmon Silko. This imaginary recreation of a 21st-century future predicted this would happen. I don’t like Almanac the way I like Silko’s […]
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