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Orlando White

Orlando White is Diné (Navajo) from Sweetwater, Arizona. The author of one book of poetry, Bone Light (2009), he received a BFA in creative writing from the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) in Santa Fe, and an MFA from Brown University. His poems have appeared in Ploughshares, The Kenyon Review, Oregon Literary Review, Salt Hill Journal Magazine, and elsewhere. He has taught at Brown University, the Institute of American Indian Arts, The Art Center Design College, and Naropa University’s summer writing program. Currently, he teaches at Diné College and lives in Tsaile, Arizona.

Residencies
  • 2012