Media: Interviews, Reviews, Articles

April 26, 2026, WNYC
April 22, 2026, TIME Magazine
25 Songs That Define America Now

Har­jo’s con­tri­bu­tion to 25 Songs That Define Amer­i­ca Now: John Coltrane’s Alaba­ma” — read more here!

April 16, 2026, Book Riot
Poetry Picture Books for Kids

REMEM­BER list­ed among top five Best Poet­ry Pic­ture Books for Kids! Read more

March 23, 2026, First Nations Development Institute
March 12, 2026, You're Going to Die: The Podcast
Joy Harjo - Last Words

In this episode of You're Going to Die: The Podcast host Ned Buskirk speaks with the 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States Joy Harjo, internationally renowned poet, performer, and writer of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation.

March 03, 2026, That Eric Alper
Poet Laureate Joy Harjo Unveils Jazz-Rooted Insomnia and Seven Steps to Grace

Joy Har­jo, the musi­cian, activist, and for­mer Nation­al Poet Lau­re­ate, will release her new album, Insom­nia and Sev­en Steps to Grace, on April 24th via Smith­son­ian Folk­ways. Pro­duced by Gram­my-win­ning com­pos­er, bassist, and vocal­ist esper­an­za spald­ing, it is Harjo’s debut…

February 27, 2026, On Being with Krista Tippett
Joy Harjo and Tracy K. Smith

I invite you to set­tle into your soft breath­ing body with these two wise women as com­pan­ions and with a sense of poet­ry as a tech­nol­o­gy, as Tra­cy describes in her new book: a tech­nol­o­gy for…

February 25, 2026, Shore Fire Media
Press Release: Insomnia and Seven Steps to Grace

Joy Har­jo, 23rd Poet Lau­re­ate of the Unit­ed States and Mem­ber of the Musco­gee Nation, announces new album, Insom­nia and Sev­en Steps to Grace Pro­duced by esper­an­za spald­ing, Harjo’s Smith­son­ian Folk­ways debut out April 24th

February 23, 2026, Tulsa People
Oklahoma bestsellers: Feb 22

Poet War­rior: A Mem­oir” and Crazy Brave” are both Okla­homa best­sellers

February 13, 2026, San Juan Record
Tenth year for Visit with Respect program

A series of events are com­ing up for Bears Ears Part­ner­ship includ­ing the Cel­e­brate Bears Ears event March 6 – 8, with a theme The Land Can’t Wait”.The event fea­tures a keynote address by the 23rd US Poet Lau­re­ate Joy Har­jo. Harjo…