Media: Interviews, Reviews, Articles

Category: Articles

August 08, 2019, Library of Congress
Laureate at the Library: Joy Harjo Visits the Main Reading Room

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.

August 05, 2019, ELLE
Joy Harjo Shares a Poem From Her New Collection

Joy shares “Advice for Countries, Advanced, Developing and Falling" with an introduction.

April 18, 2018, The University of Arizona Poetry Center
1508: A look back at our Climate Change + Poetry series

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...

December 18, 2016
NEA Arts Magazine

“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...

June 14, 2016
Favorite Words

Joy Harjo contributed to the Merriam-Webster project about poets’ favorite words.

October 07, 2013, The New York Times
NY Times: Joy Harjo Collaboration with Molissa Fenley

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.