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“At 75, Joy Har­jo is bal­anc­ing two autumn book releas­es, the ongo­ing devel­op­ment of a musi­cal and the unveil­ing of her jazzy new album of evoca­tive poems and songs.” Read more

In this reflec­tive nar­ra­tive, for­mer U.S. poet lau­re­ate Har­jo, a mem­ber of the Mvskoke Nation, and Anishi­naabe artist Paw­is-Steck­ley (This Is How I Know) por­tray an Indige­nous cus­tom of going out at sun­rise ​“to greet the day,/ To respect, to…

Our state is rich in dra­mat­ic land­scapes, deep his­to­ry and mul­ti-faceted cul­ture, so maybe it should be no sur­prise that poet­ry thrives here. In fact, over the last decade, two of the Poets Lau­re­ate of the…

This Mother’s Day, Native News Online hon­ors Native moth­ers — the life-givers, the cul­ture-keep­ers, the women whose strength holds our nations togeth­er. Read more

The writer’s 12^th poet­ry col­lec­tion uplifts ​“the com­pli­cat­ed sto­ry and times we are liv­ing in togeth­er,” she tells PEOPLE

Joy’s offer­ing: John Coltrane’s ​“Alaba­ma.” Read more here!

The June 2026 Issue of Bus­cadero fea­tures Joy’s new album as a pick of the month.

Joy Har­jo reflects on her cre­ative jour­ney as a musi­cian and poet, explor­ing the deep, spir­i­tu­al con­nec­tion between song­writ­ing, sto­ry­telling, and her Musco­gee heritage. 

The Nat­ive Amer­ican Music Exper­i­ence con­cert will present the his­tory and leg­acy of Indi­gen­ous music in Amer­ica on Wed­nes­day, June 3 at the Pol­lak The­atre on the Mon­mouth Uni­versity cam­pus in West Long Branch.

For­mer U.S. Poet Lau­re­ate and musi­cian Joy Har­jo (Mvskoke) immers­es lis­ten­ers in a diverse array of jazz styles and deeply emo­tion­al poet­ry on her new album, ​“Insom­nia and Sev­en Steps to Grace

Lis­ten on Native Amer­i­ca Calling