Megan Dorame is a Tongva poet who lives and writes in Santa Ana, California. She holds a BA in anthropology from the University of Oklahoma and works to reclaim and revitalize the Tongva language. Her work has appeared in The Ear, Dryland, and The Offing, among others. Dorame is working on a collection of poems inspired by the complicated history of her people.
Megan Dorame
2020 Emerging Voices Fellow
Articles by Megan Dorame
Wednesday September 16
The Poetics of Sovereignty: Embracing Self-Determination on the Page
“My work is informed by my experience as a modern Tongva person who grew up in Tovaangar. In my poems, I start with where I’m from because it colors the way I see the world.”