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Natalie Diaz

This person is the author of Postcolonial Love Poem.

The Beloved

This "person" is the focus of many poems in the collection; she is the speaker's "creation" in "These Hands, If Not Gods," for instance. This is also a literary term for a person who is the subject of a speaker's romantic or sexual interest.

The Speaker's Brother

This person appears in several poems in the collection; he is a troubled man who at one point threatens to stab the speaker.

The Speaker's Father

This person is mentioned as another potential stabbing victim in "Blood-Light."

The Speaker's Mother

This person offers the speaker loving advice in "They Don't Love You Like I Love You."

The Speaker's Cousin

This person is a slightly older relative of the speaker's; he dies of a heroin overdose when the speaker is still young.

Ada Limón

This person is an American...

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