[They inherit a packet of earth]
Sherwin Bitsui, “[They inherit a packet of earth]” from Flood Song. Copyright © 2009 by Sherwin Bitsui. Reprinted by permission of Copper Canyon Press.
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Poet Sherwin Bitsui b. 1975
POET’S REGION U.S., Southwestern
Subjects Social Commentaries
Biography
Sherwin Bitsui, a Diné (Navajo) from the Navajo Reservation in White Cone, Arizona, received an AFA from the Institute of American Indian Arts Creative Writing Program. He is the author of the poetry collections Shapeshift (2003) and Flood Song (2009).
Steeped in Native American culture, mythology, and history, Bitsui’s poems reveal the tensions in the intersection of Native American and contemporary urban culture. His poems . . .
Poems by Sherwin Bitsui
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SUBJECT Social Commentaries
POET’S REGION U.S., Southwestern
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