Tyler Mitchell

2023 Fellow, Indigenous Nations Poets

Tyler Mitchell is a Diné poet from Tsaile, Arizona. He is of the Bitter Water clan born for the One Who Walks Around Clan. His maternal grandfather is of the Coyote Pass clan and his paternal grandfather is of the Towering House Clan. 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 H.zh. Din. Writers’ Collective. His poems have been featured in POETRY Magazine and Green Linden Press. He currently writes out of Flagstaff, Arizona.