The Writing Generation Series: Creative Session with James Thomas Stevens

This is an SFCC event jointly sponsored by the SFCC Creative Writing program and the SFCC library.

Participants only need to register once and will be registered for every event in the series.
Register: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WriGenFall2025

All sessions will take place online and the URL for each session will be sent out the morning of each event. The events are free and are open to anyone who would like to attend.

October 22 & 29, 2025
Reading and Creative Session

James Thomas Stevens

James Thomas Stevens (Akwesasne Mohawk) was born in Niagara Falls, New York and grew up between Six Nations Reserve in Ontario (the birthplace of his grandfather), the Akwesasne Mohawk Reservation in upstate New York (birthplace of his grandmother), and

the Tuscarora Reservation in western New York (where his grandparents settled). He attended the Institute of American Indian Arts, Naropa University’s Jack Kerouac School of Disembodies Poetics, and Brown University’s graduate C.W. program. Stevens is the

author of eight books of poetry, including, Combing the Snakes from His Hair, Mohawk/Samoa: Transmigrations, A Bridge Dead in the Water, The Mutual Life, Bulle/Chimere, and DisOrient, and

The Golden Book. He is a 2000 Whiting Award recipient and a 2005 finalist for the National Poetry Series Award. He teaches in IAIA’s undergraduate and graduate Creative Writing Programs. He teaches Poetry, Creative nonfiction, Native American literature,

and literary world survey courses. He lives in Cañoncito, New Mexico.