Media: Interviews, Reviews, Articles

October 07, 2022, The American Scholar
Fifty Years of Song

Joy Har­jo talks with her life in poet­ry with Stephanie Bastek of The Amer­i­can Schol­ar podcast

October 07, 2022, VARIETY Magazine
T Bone Burnett’s NYC Tribute to Bob Dylan

T Bone Burnett’s NYC Trib­ute to Bob Dylan, With Joy Har­jo, Sara Bareilles, and Oscar Isaac among the Cast, is Wor­thy of a Bard”! Read the Con­cert Review

October 07, 2022, TIME Magazine
Here Are the 12 New Books You Should Read in October

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.

October 07, 2022, Bustle
65 Best New Books of October 2022

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.

October 04, 2022, El Paso, Inc.
20 influential Indigenous Americans you might not know about

Joy Har­jo among 20 influ­en­tial Indige­nous Amer­i­cans, along with Wilma Mankiller, Sacheen Lit­tle­feath­er, and Allan Houser. 

October 03, 2022, POETRY IS BREAD
Episode 9 Poetry Is Bread Podcast with Bob Holman

Episode 9 of Poet­ry is Bread” with host Bob Hol­man and Joy Har­jo, an inter­na­tion­al­ly renowned per­former and writer of the Musco­gee (Creek) Nation. She served three terms as the 23rd Poet Lau­re­ate of the Unit­ed States from 2019 – 2022. Get…

September 30, 2022, Broadway World
BARD AT THE GATE Season 3 Announced Featuring 4 Plays by Women, Including US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo

BARD AT THE GATE Sea­son 3 Announced Fea­tur­ing 4 Plays by Women, Includ­ing US Poet Lau­re­ate Joy Harjo

September 26, 2022, Rematriation
Rematriation Podcast with Joy Harjo

Last year Rema­tri­a­tion had the hon­or to sit down with Joy to dis­cuss her posi­tion as 23rd Unit­ed States Poet Lau­re­ate. She shares her feel­ings on being an inductee to the Nation­al Women’s Hall of Fame…

September 22, 2022, Voices of Oklahoma
Voices of Oklahoma - Joy Harjo
Inspired by the cre­ative women in her life, Joy became a writer, musi­cian, activist, and the first Native Amer­i­can U.S. Poet Lau­re­ate. Lis­ten to the full interview.
September 16, 2022, Mvskoke Media
U.S. Poet Laureate celebrated
A dance par­ty was held for Joy Har­jo to con­grat­u­late and cel­e­brate the Musco­gee woman. Read more here