Abalone Mountain Press PODCAST EPISODE ONE: ON HEALING THROUGH STORIES WITH MANNY LOLEY
In this episode, I am speaking with Manny Loley, Diné writer. Our interview includes the writing process of the Diné writer and his experiences with identity, storytelling and healing as a native person.
Manny Loley is ‘Áshįįhi born for Tó Baazhní’ázhí; his maternal grandparents are Tódích’íi’nii and his paternal grandparents are Kinyaa’áanii. He is a current Ph.D. candidate in English and literary arts at the University of Denver. Loley is director of the Emerging Diné Writers’ Institute. His work has homes in RED INK, the Santa Fe Literary Review, and is forthcoming in the Yellow Medicine Review, the Massachusetts Review and the Diné Reader: an Anthology of Navajo Literature (UofA Press, 2021)
Writing Prompt Giveaway
The writing prompt created by our guest, Manny Loley focuses on the theme of love. This can be in any form such as a poem, story, essay or even song.
Prompt: Write about love in your language. What does love look like to you?
email your writing prompt to: books@abalonemountainpress.com for a chance to win our giveaway prize and possibly have your story read on the Abalone Mountain Press Podcast!
Prizes are the fall 2020 issue of The Yellow Medicine Review: A journal of Indigenous literature, art and thought. Turquoise earrings by Asdzaan Baa Creations, “I’m reading right meow” socks by Read your socks off! Decomposition notebook made with 100% post-consumer waste recycled pages by fields of plenty, hummingbird collage candle by Mary Hope Lee, Masaní bi Appa sticker, Yoda Yaazhi Bidibe sticker and Diné Woman Warrior sticker by Khaven Art and cute saguaro pen and nail file. Not pictured is a 12 oz bag of Chiapas medium roast coffee by Yeego Coffee.
