‘The Diné Reader’ an unforgettable experience Durango, Colorado Currently Tue 8% chance of precipitation 16% chance of precipitation 0% chance of precipitation Maria’s Bookshop to host a talk with book’s contributors By Leslie Doran Special to the Herald Tuesday, April 20, 2021 5:59 PM ‘The Diné Reader’ an unforgettable experience Toggle font size Escuchar en Español: Loading the Español audio player... “The Diné Reader” is obviously a labor of love with the gestation period taking over a decade of devoted research and collaboration. The four editors have wide backgrounds: Esther Berlin is Navajo and in 2000 won the American Book Award for her first published book, “From the Belly of My Beauty.” Jeff Berglund is a professor of English, with a focus on Native American literature and film at Northern Arizona University. He has written and collaborated on four books. Connie A. Jacobs has written and edited two books with more books in production, and she is a professor emerita at San Juan College. Anthony K. Webster has written and co-edited four books and he is an anthropology professor at the University of Texas at Austin.