No registration is required for this event. This online program will be on Microsoft Teams. https://www.eiu.edu/booth/bigread/program.php Join Joy Harjo, a member of the Mvskoke/Creek Nation and current U.S. poet laureate, in an online conversation, as she reads works from her latest book An American Sunrise: Poems and has a moderated Q+A discussion.In 2019, Harjo was appointed the 23rd United States Poet Laureate, the first Native American to hold the position. Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Harjo is an internationally known award-winning poet, writer, performer, and saxophone player of the Mvskoke/Creek Nation. Co-sponsored by Broward County Library, Broward Public Library Foundation, Inc., Eastern Illinois University Department of English, and Florida Center for the Book. This online program will be on Microsoft Teams. https://www.eiu.edu/booth/bigread/program.php NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. |
