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Identities
The Woods Lament For Me
Jason Vasser-Elong
Poet-anthropologist Jason Vasser-Elong revitalizes stories of interwoven lineages of his African-descent ancestors and those who were Native American.
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Reflections
Indigenizing What It Means to be Human
Margaret Noodin, Christine Weeber, and Jason Vasser-Elong
SAPIENS offers a curated collection of poems and stories that center Indigenous values, worldviews, and insights, creatively reimagining anthropology and the human experience.
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Reflections
Purple in Cycles
Jason Vasser-Elong
A poet-anthropologist speaks to the labyrinthine experiences of domestic violence—the entrapment, the hope for freedom.
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Reflections
We All Love Roses
Jason Vasser-Elong
SAPIENS Poet-in-Residence Jason Vasser-Elong reflects on horrific cycles of violence—and highlights injustices that are often papered over.
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Kinship
Maize and Okra
Jason Vasser-Elong
A poet-anthropologist recollects when Muscogee (Creek) people offered his formerly enslaved ancestors refuge, extending the bonds of kinship.
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Reflections
Hard Water
Jason Vasser-Elong
A poet-anthropologist honors World Poetry Day with a piece that imagines alchemizing the suffering and devastation of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
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Reflections
“Cowboys and Indians”—When Dirt Rocks Are Dynamite
Jason Vasser-Elong
A poet-anthropologist remembers how a popular childhood game reinforced notions of othering and hate—and reflects on how child’s play can set the stage for how we behave as adults.
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Kinship
Lessons We Learn
Jason Vasser-Elong
An anthropologist-poet of the African diaspora holds close family lessons on identity, freedom, and relationship in the midst of an anti-Black society.
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Reflections
Window
Jason Vasser-Elong
A poet-anthropologist of the African diaspora gives voice to the power of collective memory and place.
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Kinship
Elder
Jason Vasser-Elong
A poet-anthropologist of the African diaspora travels from a northern city to his ancestral home in the rural U.S. South—both as a memory and a belonging.
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