Jennifer Givhan, a Mexican American and Indigenous poet and novelist, grew up in Southern California. She holds a Master’s degree from California State University, Fullerton, and a Master’s in Fine Arts from Warren Wilson College, and she’s been the recipient of poetry fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and PEN/Rosenthal Emerging Voices, among others. Her work has appeared in The New Republic, The Nation, Poetry, The Rumpus, Ploughshares, and more. “Salt Bones” is her latest book.

Q. Please tell readers about your new book, “Salt Bones.”

One afternoon, I went to pick up my daughter from junior high school, but she didn’t come out when the bell rang. I panicked. After several minutes, I found out that her teacher had kept the class late without telling me, but in those m

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