Sherwin Bitsui News Today

Native Santa Fean Tommy Archuleta, appointed to the position Wednesday, believes in writing as a way to help people through trauma and addiction and hopes to bring that ethos into

The former poet laureate takes a special interest in young poets.

I WAS AT PIZZA EDGE IN CHINLE, Arizona, contemplating the idea of the sacred. The air was warm for late autumn. I recognize this weather: warm, faint

Métis writer and storyteller writes poems, essays and has a forthcoming book, "Becoming Little Shell," that covers the history of the tribe and his own family.

(April 14, 2023) Washington Post book critic Ron Charles took note of the first place winner of our Eighth Annual High School Writing Contest in his Book Club newsletter, reprinting Elane Kim’s “Aftermath.”

This April’s issue of Poetry celebrates the 2022 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize recipients. In previous years, one poet was awarded the prize. This year, in…

"The 17th Day" by Christina Rivera has been selected as the 2023 John Burroughs Nature Essay Award, the highest honor for a nature essay.

Native creative writer Stacie Denetsosie-Mitchell (Diné Asdzáán) recommends some of her favorite books by Native authors.

Alan Garrigan is a Master of Arts graduate from UCD in American studies. He has previously done conferences on artist David Wojnarowicz as well as indigenous poet, Sherwin Bitsui. He has also had his own poetry featured in Hullwrites magazine (University of Hull), Poetry during lockdown (UCD), Alien Buddha Press, Spilling Coca on Martin Amis, and Washington Square

A poem by Sherwin Bitsui.