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NEWS FROM ANNA

NEWSLETTER CHANGE

Dear Subscriber,

 

I'm writing to let you know that the Authors Guild, which hosts my website, has decided it isn't cost effective for them to continue the newsletter feature of authors' websites. As you know, I haven't used this feature much in the past few months, but of course, with the publication of Crevice, I would be using it again more often, especially as I begin to hold book events around the country.

 

I decided not to utilize a newsletter service (more complicated than I want to devote time and energy to). Instead, I will create a group email, in which your email address will not be visible to other subscribers. I hope you'll want to continue to receive notices from me, but if you don't want to, now is the time to go to my Newsletter page (it's still operational) and unsubscribe. I will be making the transfer next Monday, 6/9/25. If your email address is still in my subscriber list (visible only to me), I'll assume you want to continue to receive notices from me. To unsubscribe on a laptop or pc, go to the email space in the upper right corner, enter your address, and click "unsubscribe." On a phone, go to the bottom of the page and follow the same procedure. 

 

Of course, I hope you'll still want to hear from me!

 

Peace and good will,

Anna

BIG PUBLICATION NEWS

My essay collection, Crevice: A Life Between Worlds, has won the Kenneth Johnston Nonfiction Book Award and will be published by Choeofpleirn Press and released on May 1, 2025. The essays are based on my lived experience as a White woman who grew up and worked between postcolonial Diné (Navajo) and Bilagáana (White) cultures. Through stories and reflection, the book explores bicultural belonging and identity, the role of language in identity, and the effects of colonization. I examine my settler heritage as the daughter of evangelical missionaries in the Navajo Nation––from an early age and continuing through the time of my work in Diné bilingual-bicultural education as an adult. I probe how colonization has been part of systemic racism in the US and explore the debt I may owe to the Indigenous culture that continues to play a part in my life. Seven of the thirteen essays have been previously published. The book will be available everywhere that books are sold and also on my website after May 1.

 

I'm planning a DIY tour with the book. If you're interested in having me come to your community for readings and discussion, please contact me through FaceBook or through the Contact page on my website.