Media: Interviews, Reviews, Articles

Penn will hon­or sev­en indi­vid­u­als with hon­orary degrees, cel­e­brat­ing their accom­plish­ments in fields rang­ing from pub­lic pol­i­cy to arts and enter­tain­ment. Joy Har­jo is among them. 

Joy opens up with Krista about her life, dream­ing as a way of relat­ing to time and place, and the sto­ry matrix that con­nects us all. Lis­ten to the pod­cast here

Lis­ten to the May 11, 2020 NPR 1A Broad­cast here

1A talks with Joy Harjo 

The Nation­al Native Amer­i­can Hall of Fame (NNA­HOF) this week announced eight new inductees from across Indi­an Coun­try, cel­e­brat­ed for their con­tri­bu­tions in Native advo­ca­cy, pol­i­tics, ath­let­ics, arts, health, and cul­ture preser­va­tion and revitalization.

Joy Har­jo’s I Pray for My Ene­mies is called by Mike Green­blatt, ​“one of the most unique albums of the year.” Read more here

On the last day of Nation­al Poet­ry Month, we speak with incum­bent Unit­ed States Poet Lau­re­ate Joy Har­jo about the anthol­o­gy, When the Light of the World Was Sub­dued, Our Songs Came Through: A Nor­ton Anthol­o­gy of Native Nations Poet­ry…

I Pray For My Ene­mies is the name of the first new record­ing in a decade from Joy Har­jo, the first Native Amer­i­can to be named Poet Lau­re­ate of the Unit­ed States. Lis­ten to the Radio show here

Every author has an ori­gin sto­ry. In her lat­est project, U.S. Poet Lau­re­ate Joy Har­jo cre­at­ed an inter­ac­tive map so peo­ple can read about the lives of Indige­nous poets. Read more