Natachee Momaday Gray

This week we visit Natachee Momaday Gray in Coyote, New Mexico. Natachee is a New Mexican poet and artist whose work focuses on the melding of art and myth, ancestry and nostalgia, food and prayer, glamour, frivolity, and time. A native of Santa Fe, she has many artistic talents as a poet, hand fashioned bookmaker, fiction writer, Chanteuse, and film maker. In her uniquely creative voice, she draws on her Kiowa and Apache heritage to create compelling stories that transcend designation.

Her debut poetry collection, Silver Box, can be found here and on my Staff Picks shelf at City Lights Bookstore (Sylva, NC). 

Natachee's Books on the Bed:

The Ancient Child by N. Scott Momaday

Martin & Meditations on the South Valley by Jimmy Santiago Baca

Historic Cookery: Authentic New Mexican Food by Fabiola de Baca Gilbert

Hazards of Grace by Gary Worth Moody

Earth Keeper: Reflections on the American Land by N. Scott Momaday

A Book of Days by Patti Smith

Matt's gifts for Natachee:

The Animals of My Earth School by Mildred Kiconco Barya

Moonrise Over New Jessup by Jamila Minnicks