Sherwin Bitsui is the author of three poetry collections: Shapeshift; Flood Song, winner of the American Book Award; and Dissolve, and his work has been anthologized in Legitimate Dangers: American Poets of the New Century. A recipient of the 2006 Whiting Writers’ Award, Bitsui was born on the Navajo Reservation in White Cone, Arizona, and is Diné of the Todicheenii people. He lives in Tucson.