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Work with acclaimed Diné writers and non-Diné visiting writers in various genres of creative writing in a supportive and close-knit community! Diné writers can apply here: ow.ly/Spwa50ShvUr Non-Diné: ow.ly/uGNh50ShvUq

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Sherwin Bitsui ~ harp strings of reassembled moonlight, / thumbprints of ocean water / and a key to the back door of a burning church.

Marine Le Pen: *cries in Nazi*

we're thrilled to announce our readers for 2024-2025: Sherwin Bitsui (Sept 5); Elisa Gonzalez (Oct 3rd); John Shoptaw (Dec 5th); Megan Fernandes (Feb 6); Jessica Fisher (Mar 6); and Geffrey Davis (Apr 3), all events free and open to the public! details: lib.berkeley.edu/visit/lunch-po…

Sep 28 (5-7pm): Join Esther Belin and the 2024 James Welch Prize winning poets Kara Briggs and Kateri Menominee for an in-person reading at Poets House in celebration of their work. Presented in partnership with Poetry Northwest and @in_na_po. poetshouse.org/event/2024-wel…

#ClipOfTheDay: In this 2023 Lannan Foundation event celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of Copper Canyon Press, Paisley Rekdal and Jericho Brown read from their work and join Arthur Sze and the press’s editor in chief Michael Wiegers for a conversation. at.pw.org/CCP50

I missed my family so much that I cried every night for six months at residential school. One night, I was whipped with willow branches on my back for crying. I was 7 years old. The next day, the nurse applied sauve and bandages on my back. I guess it was like caning.

Don’t forget: Applications for the #AWP25 Tribal Colleges & Universities Fellowship Program open TOMORROW! Faculty & students from tribal schools who are interested in creative writing should apply. Learn about the program & creative advisor Jake Skeets. awpwriter.org/AWP/AWP/Writer…

Congratulations m.s. RedCherries! 🎉🌟 MOTHER is a FINALIST for the National Book Award for Poetry! National Book Foundation #NBAwards See the full list here: bit.ly/3Y4Dn1w

Verse Like Water Presents Layli Long Soldier and Sherwin Bitsui clcmn.edu/news/2024/10/0…

The soul an astonishing poem Omar Sakr

Sherwin Bitsui, from “Flood Song” ~ as starlight, opened inside a darkened room / begins to tell its story from end to beginning again

We are excited to announce that Diné Poet Sherwin Bitsui will be sharing some of their work with us on Nov 7 Mount Saint Vincent University MSVU Research Office Bernadette Russo, PhD Dr. Krista Collier-Jarvis Don't forget to register by Nov 5 at eventbrite.ca/e/a-reading-wi…

November is Native American Heritage Month, and we are proud to feature ten works by Native writers from around the country. narrativemagazine.com/great-stories/… Sherman Joseph Alexie, Jr. Kenzie Allen 🌵 Sherwin Bitsui @NatalieGDiaz Morgan Talty #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #NativeAmericanauthors

"Tonight, I draw a raven's wing inside a circle measured a half second before it expands into a hand. I wrap its worn grip over our feet As we thrash against pine needles inside the earthen pot." Sherwin Bitsui