Jake Skeets is the author of Eyes Bottle Dark With a Mouthful of Flowers, and winner of the National Poetry Series, Kate Tufts Discovery Award, American Book Award and Whiting Award. His writing has appeared in Poetry Foundation, The New York Times Magazine and The Paris Review.Skeets is the recipient of an NEA Grant and a Mellon Projecting All Voices Fellowship. He is Diné, from the Navajo Nation, and is currently serving as the 3rd Navajo Nation Poet Laureate, 2025-2027.
