Sly Alley writes: If I was introduced to you / as an American Indian poet, / you might think my poems / will be about how Coyote / tricked Chief So-And-So, / or how it’s sacred to use / all of the buffalo parts” (p. 12, lines 6-12), but this Native poet avoids such gimmickry. … Continue reading “Fear is Like a Handful of Dust”: a review of Sly Alley’s Strong Medicine