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Information compiled for Michael Wasson: Michael Wasson is nimíipuu writer from the town of Lenore on the Nez Perce Reservation in Idaho. His love of poetry began in high school with music where he would scribble lyrics in the margins of his homework and notebooks. He is most well known for his poetry and has written two novels as of 2021. He earned a BA from Lewis-Clark State College studying literature, creative writing and his indigenous Nez Perce language, Nimipuutímt, and an MFA in creative writing from Oregon State University while teaching writing courses.

He has also taught literature, writing, and English in Tokyo, Japan, and he currently lives in Fukuoka, a village on the island of Kyushu, in Japan. He has been reported to have lived there since 2014 where he worked as an English and English Conversational teacher.

List of Works:
 * Swallowed Light (Copper Canyon, 2021)
 * This American Ghost (YesYes Books, 2017)

His poetry has appeared in American Poets, Poetry Northwest, Drunken Boat, Narrative, and Bettering American Poetry where he worked as a co-editor.

Accolades:
 * Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation in 2019
 * Native Arts & Cultures Foundation National Artist Fellowship in Literature
 * Adrienne Rich Award for Poetry
 * Vinyl 45 Chapbook Prize
 * Joyce Carol Oates Commencement Award in Poetry