Max Early (Pueblo of Laguna) is an Indigenous Nations Poets IN-NA-PO Inaugural Fellow. He obtained his MFA in Creative Writing from the Institute of American Indian Arts and his BA in English from the University of New Mexico. His recent poems are published in Poets.Org/Academy of American Poets, Poetry Northwest, Poetry Magazine, Green Linden Press, and several others. Early’s first published book is “Ears of Corn: Listen,” and his second manuscript will proceed to publication this summer. His clans are Tsina Hanu (Turkey People) and Kwa-ya Washch’ee (child of the Bear). Also, Early is an accomplished Laguna Pueblo potter and lives in the village of Paguate, New Mexico.