He is originally from The Suquamish Reservation in Washington and studied at The Naropa Institute. His books of poetry include Stranger in Town and Selected Writings. James Thomas Stevens is a Mohawk poet whose books include A Bridge Dead in the Water and The Mutual Life. His awards include a Whiting Writers Award, a Witter Bynner Foundation poetry grant, the Kim Ann Arstark Memorial Prize in Poetry, and the City of Santa Fe Writer’s Award.