November 14, 2019, PBS American Masters Podcast
Joy Harjo on PBS American Masters
In 2019, Joy Harjo became the first Native American Poet Laureate of the United States. She joins us from her hometown Tulsa, Oklahoma to talk about the responsibilities that come with this honor and the importance of representing rich Native…
October 25, 2019, Publishers Weekly
An American Sunrise
Newly named poet laureate and Ruth Lilly prize – winner Harjo (Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings) intertwines verse with prose vignettes, oral histories, and flash memoirs in this expressive and generous book.
October 21, 2019, The Library of Congress
The Poet and the Poem from the Library of Congress
Joy Harjo is interviewed by Grace Cavalieri on the Library of Congress’s original “Poet and the Poem” podcast series.
October 17, 2019, NBC TODAY Weekend Editions
October 10, 2019, Oprah's SuperSoul Conversations
October 09, 2019, SuperSoul Sunday
Super Soul Sunday: Oprah Sits Down with Joy Harjo
Oprah Winfrey has a conversation with Joy Harjo on SuperSoul Sunday, aired on the OWN network on October 6.
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September 19, 2019, PBS Newshour
Poet laureate Joy Harjo opens a Native 'doorway of hope'
Joy Harjo, the new poet laureate of the United States, is the first Native American to achieve that honor. Jeffrey Brown recently sat down with Harjo, a member of Oklahoma’s Muscogee Creek Nation, in Tulsa to…
September 18, 2019, Library of Congress
Poet Laureate Joy Harjo’s Inaugural Reading
Tomorrow, Thursday, September 19, at 7 p.m., Joy Harjo will take the stage of the Coolidge Auditorium in the Library of Congress’s Jefferson Building for the first time as 23rd Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry. To mark this historic occasion…
September 16, 2019, Radio New Zealand
Joy Harjo on Radio New Zealand
Joy Harjo is a critically acclaimed poet and musician and she is the first Native American to be named US poet laureate.https://www.rnz.co.nz/national…
September 04, 2019, Library of Congress
Laureate at the Library: Sharing the History and Realities of Field Recordings of Native American Songs and Narratives
The following guest post is by Judith Gray, coordinator of Reference Services in the Library’s American Folklife Center. This is the fifth and final post in a series documenting Poet Laureate Joy Harjo’s summertime meetings with librarians and curators across…
August 29, 2019, The New Yorker
Joy Harjo, the Poet of American Memory
“Harjo, though very much a poet of America, extracts from her own personal and cultural touchstones a more galactal understanding of the world, and her poems become richer for it.” —The New Yorker
August 28, 2019, Library of Congress
Laureate at the Library: Joy Harjo Visits the Prints and Photographs Division
The following guest post is by Katherine Blood and Melissa Lindberg of the Library’s Prints and Photographs Division. This is the fourth in a series of five posts documenting Poet Laureate Joy Harjo’s summertime meetings with librarians and curators across…
