Haadí Shítsilí (Where are you, Little Brother?)

 
Mixed media artwork. A vintage New Mexico postcard with regional motifs filling bold block letters, overlaid with torn strips from a printed photo of a young boy smiling on a bike. The edges are bordered by fragments of old, handwritten letters.

“Haadí Shítsilí (Where are you, Little Brother?)” by Danielle Shandiin Emerson.
Collage, 2024.

Danielle Shandiin Emerson (@percyulilschist) is a Diné writer from Shiprock, New Mexico, on the Navajo Nation. Her clans are Tłaashchi’i (Red Cheek People Clan), born for Ta’neezaahníí (Tangled People Clan). Her maternal grandfather is Ashííhí (Salt People Clan) and her paternal grandfather is Táchii’nii (Red Running into the Water People Clan). She has a BA in Education Studies and a BA in Literary Arts from Brown University. She has received fellowships from GrubStreet, Lambda Literary, The Diné Artisan + Author Capacity Building Institute, Ucross Foundation, Vermont Studio Center, Tin House, The Highlight Foundation, and Monson Arts. She is an MFA Fiction student at Vanderbilt University.

 
art, 2023SLMDanielle Shandiin Emerson