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Silko Foresaw Arizona’s Water Crisis

By Robin Bates | Published: January 22, 2023

In “Almanac of the Dead” (1991), Silko foresees Arizona’s current water problems.

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Silko Foretells the “Brown Surge” North

By Robin Bates | Published: July 17, 2014

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?

By Robin Bates | Published: May 10, 2010

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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