Erik Bitsui, a Navajo from Blue Gap, Arizona, has an MFA from the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics from Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado. Bitsui’s first book, Mosh Pit Etiquette, Volume One: Secrets of a 21st Century Navajo Headbanger, was published in November 2023 by Tolsun Books. Hostiin Bitsui lives with wife and two daughters in East Flagstaff.

Performing three dances, Sash Belt Dance, Navajo Basket Dance, and Feather Dance.

Dr. Souksavanh T. Keovorabouth (They/She) is Diné and Second Generation Laotian, Queer, Trans, and Two-Spirit and an Assistant Professor at Northern Arizona University in Women and Gender Studies and Applied Indigenous Studies. They are originally from Chinle, Arizona on Dinétah (Navajo Nation) but born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona due to displacement, relocation, and removal tactics. Their research focus is primarily on Indigenous Queer, Trans, and Two-Spirit Studies, Gender construction, urban diaspora, Indigenous masculinities, and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives.

Tyler Mitchell is a Diné poet from Tsaile, Arizona. He attained his MFA in Creative Writing at Northern Arizona University. Tyler is the editor of Salina Bookshelf, Inc. and is a member of the Saad Bee Hózhǫ́ Diné Writers’ Collective. His poems have been featured in POETRY Magazine and Green Linden Press. He currently writes out of Flagstaff, Arizona.