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Deborah A. Miranda

Deborah A Miranda is the daughter of an Ohlone–Costanoan Esselen Nation man with Santa Ynez Chumash tribal ancestry and an English, French, and Jewish woman from Beverly Hills. In addition to Bad Indians, she is the author of four collections of poetry and a coeditor of Sovereign Erotics: A Collection of Two-Spirit Literature.

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Poetry: ‘Teachings’

Spurred by cultural appropriation, Deborah A. Miranda provides a lesson in poetry form.

Sep 23, 2024
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Excerpt: ‘Bad Indians’

Read an excerpt from Deborah A. Miranda’s introduction to Bad Indians: A Tribal Memoir, the November CBC selection.

Oct 24, 2023
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Why I Write: The Force of Ancestral Survival

Deborah Miranda’s Bad Indians is the California Book Club’s November 2023 selection.

Sep 25, 2023