Manny Loley is a Diné / Navajo poet, Salt clan born for Two-who-came-to-the-water clan. Originally from Casamero Lake, New Mexico, on the Diné Nation, he has recently completed his PhD in English and literary arts at the University of Denver and currently lives in Oklahoma where he teaches and writes. He serves as the director of the Emerging Diné Writers’ Institute.

Stay tuned on this page for Manny’s writings from his time at Cascade Head and the lower Salmon River community.