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James Thomas Stevens

ジェームズ・トーマス・スティーブンス

Jēmuzu Tōmasu Sutīvensu

Aliases: Aronhió:ta's

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1966-01-01 (Niagara Falls, New York)
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Residence History
Niagara Falls, New York → Santa Fe, New Mexico

Career

Occupations
poet, academic
Active Years
1991-2024
Affiliations
Institute of American Indian Arts, SUNY Fredonia, Brown University, Haskell Indian Nations University
Memberships
Akwesasne Mohawk Nation
Nominations
1996 Pushcart Prize Nomination, 2003 Nominated for a Before Columbus/American Book Award, 2005 Finalist for the National Poetry Series Award

Education

Institute of American Indian Arts
Creative Writing
Degree: AFA
Year of Graduation: 1990
Country: United States
Received Gerald Red Elk Scholarship allowing attendance at Naropa Institute Summer Writing Program
Brown University
Graduate Writing Program
Degree: MFA
Year of Graduation: 1993
Country: United States
full fellowship
School of Visual Arts
Period: 短期間在籍
Country: United States
briefly attended
Brooklyn College
Period: 短期間在籍
Country: United States
briefly attended

Awards

Creative Writing Award
1991
Organization: Institute of American Indian Arts
Result: 受賞
Kim Ann Arstark Memorial Prize in Poetry
1993
Result: 受賞
Wittner-Bynner Foundation Poetry Grant
1993
Organization: Wittner-Bynner Foundation
Result: 受賞
City of Santa Fe Writer's Award
1994
Organization: City of Santa Fe
Result: 受賞
Whiting Award
2000
Organization: Whiting Foundation
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Tokinish

1994 poetry

Combing the Snakes from His Hair

2002 poetry

(dis)Orient

2005 poetry

Bulle/Chimére

2006 poetry

Mohawk/Samoa: Transmigrations

2006 poetry

The Mutual Life

2006 poetry

A Bridge Dead in the Water

2007 poetry

Of Kingdoms & Kangaroo

2008 poetry

Bibliography

  • Tokinish
  • Combing the Snakes from His Hair
  • (dis)Orient
  • Bulle/Chimére
  • Mohawk/Samoa: Transmigrations
  • The Mutual Life
  • A Bridge Dead in the Water
  • Of Kingdoms & Kangaroo

Trivia

  • Member of the Akwesasne Mohawk Nation. His father was Welsh-American and his mother is Mohawk.