Nasdijj

Nasdijj was born in the American Southwest in 1950. His grew up partly on the reservation--his mother was Navajo--and partly in migrant camps around the country. He has been writing for decades, making ends meet by reporting for small-town papers, teaching, and migrant labor. He is the author of the critically acclaimed memoirs "The Boy and the Dog Are Sleeping" and "The Blood Runs Like a River Through My Dreams," which was a "New York Times" Notable Book, a finalist for the PEN/Martha Albrand...See more

Nasdijj was born in the American Southwest in 1950. His grew up partly on the reservation--his mother was Navajo--and partly in migrant camps around the country. He has been writing for decades, making ends meet by reporting for small-town papers, teaching, and migrant labor. He is the author of the critically acclaimed memoirs "The Boy and the Dog Are Sleeping" and "The Blood Runs Like a River Through My Dreams," which was a "New York Times" Notable Book, a finalist for the PEN/Martha Albrand Award, and winner of the Salon Book Award. "Nasdijj" is Athabaskan for "to become again." He lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. "From the Hardcover edition." See less