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"In one of the 50 vignettes that make up "Catching the Light," Joy Harjo tells of receiving an image via Facebook Messenger from an old friend in Lukachukai, a mountainous area of the Navajo Nation in Arizona."

"In these two very different works on writing by two very different writers, there is much for fans and for writers alike." Read more about Harjo's CATCHING THE LIGHT

In one of the 50 vignettes that make up "Catching the Light," Joy Harjo tells of receiving an image via Facebook Messenger from an old friend in Lukachukai, a mountainous area of the Navajo Nation in Arizona.

A starred review by Kirkus Reviews for REMEMBER, a picture-book adaptation of a work by former U.S. Poet Laureate Harjo, illustrated by Caldecott medalist Goade

"These poems taken from half a century of Harjo’s work show the powerful...

Joy Harjo, Weaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light(W. W. Norton)

“[Harjo’s] poetry is light and elixir, the very best prescription for us in wounded times.”–The Millions

50 years into her career, [Harjo] has written something of a memoir—part of Yale University Press’ “Why I Write” series—about the “why” of writing poetry. In 50 vignettes, Harjo recalls the moments that shaped her own journey.

U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo returns to stores this month with Catching the Light — a must-read for any fan of poetry and literature. This new memoir contains Harjo’s ruminations on a half-century of writing and activism.

Memoir, poetry, and criticism come together in this slim but potent treatise on “the why of writing poetry” from Harjo (Poet Warrior: A Memoir). Catching the Light will be released by Yale University Press in October 2022

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reviews both POET WARRIOR and WHEN THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD WAS SUBDUED, OUR SONGS CAME THROUGH.