Bitsui, Sherwin, 1975- author, speaker. Library of Congress. Poetry and Literature Center, sponsor. sound recording Poetry. lcgft Poetry readings (Sound recordings). lcgft Sound recordings. lcgft Digital photographs Color 2010-2020. gmgpc 2020. eng Sherwin Bitsui reads and discusses his poem "From Dissolve" on July 20, 2020, from his studio in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Bitsui (Diné) is originally from White Cone, Arizona, on the Navajo Reservation. He is the author of Shapeshift (University of Arizona Press, 2003), Flood Song (Copper Canyon Press, 2009), and Dissolve (Copper Canyon Press, 2018). In addition to teaching at the Institute of American Indian Arts, he is a member of the faculty at Northern Arizona University. Living Nations, Living Words: A Collection of First Peoples Poetry (AFC 2020/004: 43) Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. American poetry--Indian authors. American poetry--21st century. Indians of North America--Poetry. Living Nations, Living Words: A Collection of First Peoples Poetry http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afc2020004.afc2020004_43_sr01 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/collafc.afc2020004 Collection is open for research. To request materials, please contact the Folklife Reading Room at Duplication of collection materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions. Sherwin Bitsui, ["Blueing under a dimming North Star,"] from Dissolve. Copyright © 2018 by Sherwin Bitsui. Reprinted with the permission of The Permissions Company, LLC on behalf of Copper Canyon Press. Photo courtesy of photographer Ungelbah Davila.