J.K. Tsosie is a member of the Navajo Nation — Bitterwater Clan, born for the Many Goats Clan. His work. His work has appeared in Shō Poetry Journal, the Yellow Medicine Review, and the Indiana Review. He is a recipient of the Oberon Herbert Prize, the James Hearst Poetry Prize, and the James Welch Prize for Indigenous Poets. His work examines the engineered historical narratives of the Indigenous Americans through the neo-western trope — of redemption, moral ambiguity, vast and desolate landscapes, and the pursuit of justice. He resides in Albuquerque, New Mexico (Tiwa Territory) where he is completing an MD/PhD at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine.
