Tommy Pico

Tommy Pico (born December 13, 1983) is a Native American poet from the Kumeyaay Nation who grew up on the Viejas Indian Reservation near San Diego. He is best known for his "Teebs tetralogy" of book-length poems—IRL (2016), Nature Poem (2017), Junk (2018), and Feed (2019)—which explore queer Indigenous identity, challenging stereotypes through epic-style verse. His awards include the 2017 Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize for IRL, the 2018 American Book Award and Whiting Award for Nature Poem.