Reading by poet Sherwin Bitsui
WHEN: Mon., Nov. 19 at 3:30PM WHERE: The Theatre at RVCC, 118 Lamington Road, Branchburg |
ADMISSION: Free & Open to the Public
Sherwin Bitsui is the author of three collections of poetry, Dissolve, Flood Song, and Shapeshift. He is the recipient of a Whiting Award, an American Book Award, and the PEN Book Award. His poems have appeared in Narrative, Black Renaissance Noir, American Poet, The Iowa Review, LIT, and elsewhere. He is Diné of the Todí¬ch'ii'nii (Bitter Water Clan), born for the Tlizí¬laaní¬ (Many Goats Clan), and has received fellowships from the Lannan Foundation and the Native Arts & Culture Foundation. For full bio: http://blueflowerarts.com/artist/sherwin-bitsui/
Sherwin Bitsui sees violent beauty in the American landscape. But above all else, there is an indigenous eccentricity, 'a cornfield at the bottom of a sandstone canyon,' that you will not find anywhere else." —SHERMAN ALEXIE