Sherwin Bitsui is the author of three collections of poetry, "Dissolve" (Copper Canyon, 2018), "Flood Song" (Copper Canyon, 2009), and "Shapeshift" (University of Arizona Press, 2003). Originally from White Cone, Arizona, on the Navajo Reservation, he is Diné of the Todích’ii’nii (Bitter Water Clan), born for the Tlizílaaní (Many Goats Clan) and holds an A.F.A. from the Institute of American Indian Arts Creative Writing Program and a B.A. from the University of Arizona in Tucson. His recent honors include a 2011 Lannan Foundation Literary Fellowship and a 2011 Native Arts & Culture Foundation Arts Fellowship. He is also the recipient of the 2010 PEN Open Book Award, an American Book Award, and a Whiting Writers Award.