Sherwin Bitsui is the author of two poetry collections, Shapeshift and Flood Song, and is 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.