This is the first in a series of five posts documenting Poet Laureate Joy Harjo’s summertime meetings with librarians and curators across the Library of Congress.
Around a year and a half ago, we invited eight of our favorite contemporary poets to Tucson to talk with us about climate change and poetry. We wrote to Aracelis Girmay, Brenda Hillman, Brian Teare, Camille...
“Harjo’s decision to take risks has paid off in the profound impact she has had through her work. In telling her own story, both the beautiful and the broken parts, Harjo has become a leader. Today she is seen as...
Molissa Fenley, approaching 59, dances in works she introduced more than 30 years ago. The program’s premiere, “Found Object,” Ms. Fenley composed by soliciting instructions from writer Joy Harjo and others.