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Back­stage at Cain’s, I spoke sep­a­rate­ly to two artists who per­formed their cov­ers togeth­er: Joy Har­jo, three-time Poet Lau­re­ate of the Unit­ed States and the Bob Dylan Center’s inau­gur­al Artist-in-Res­i­dence, and Doug Kei­th, a singer-song­writer who will serve as Music…

Soon­er Or Lat­er: Cel­e­brat­ing The 60^th Anniver­sary Of Blonde On Blonde will be emceed by The Dai­ly Show​’s Jor­dan Klep­per… fea­tured play­ers this time include Joy Harjo …

In this episode, Joy Har­jo joins host Alex Lovit to dis­cuss how art can help nour­ish our souls, build our com­mu­ni­ties, and envi­sion a more equi­table and demo­c­ra­t­ic society.

In Girl War­rior, for­mer U.S. Poet Lau­re­ate Joy Har­jo speaks direct­ly to Native girls as they come of age. She encour­ages them to use artis­tic expres­sion as a way to heal from the dif­fi­cult things they expe­ri­ence in their lives.

Gala Com­mem­o­rates 10^th Anniver­sary of Cel­e­brat­ed Por­trait of a Nation Awards

The Smithsonian’s Nation­al Por­trait Gallery hon­ored Mvskoke (Creek) poet, per­former and writer Joy Har­jo on Sat­ur­day as one of its 2025 Por­trait of a Nation Award recip­i­ents, rec­og­niz­ing her trans­for­ma­tive con­tri­bu­tions to Amer­i­can cul­ture and letters.

The upcom­ing album will be her eighth since her debut record­ing in 1985 and fol­lows 2021’s ​“I Pray for My Enemies.”

Joy Har­jo said she was hap­py to be in Tran­syl­va­nia Coun­ty where the ​“trees rule.” Read more

Poet, artist, activist, and musi­cian Joy Har­jo will release her next album on Smith­son­ian Folk­ways Record­ings in 2026.

“Girl War­rior” by Joy Har­jo — I looked for this book in the poet­ry sec­tion but found it in the mem­oir sec­tion! It includes some of Harjo’s glo­ri­ous orig­i­nal poet­ry but is pri­mar­i­ly a mem­oir writ­ten in very short and…