Timothy P. McLaughlin

Timothy P. McLaughlin is the author of the poetry collection Rooted and Risen (Hiraeth Press, 2016) and the founding director of the Santa Fe Indian School (SFIS) Spoken Word Program, featured in the New York Times, PBS News Hour, and the HBO series about teen poetry, Brave New Voices. He produced a poetry CD with the Spoken Word Team entitled Moccasins and Microphones: Modern Native Storytelling, which won a New Mexico Music Award and was nominated for a Native American Music Award. He also compiled an anthology of student work titled, Walking on Earth and Touching the Sky: Poetry and Prose by Lakota Youth at Red Cloud Indian School. Educated at the University of Virginia and the University of Montana, McLaughlin lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.