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For the first time since 1908, the acad­e­my is expand­ing its core mem­ber­ship, from 250 artists in lit­er­a­ture, music and art and archi­tec­ture, to 300 by 2025. And this year’s inductees, 33 of them, are the largest and most diverse…

We are pleased to wel­come Joy Har­jo back to Stu­dio­Tul­sa. The poet, writer, per­former, and musi­cian is the cur­rent Unit­ed State Poet Lau­re­ate. She’s also a Tul­sa res­i­dent, and a Tul­sa Artist Fel­low. Har­jo joins us to dis­cuss her new…

At a time when poet­ry has been an unex­pect­ed solace, Har­jo sets her vers­es to a sound­scape influ­enced by jazz, funk, and Mvskoke tradition.

This March, the Nation­al Indige­nous Women’s Resource Cen­ter (NIWRC) is lift­ing the voic­es, exper­tise and accom­plish­ments of Indige­nous women lead­ers in recog­ni­tion of Women’s Her­sto­ry Month and Inter­na­tion­al Women’s Day on March 8. 

U.S. Poet Lau­re­ate Joy Har­jo will release her first album of new music in a decade, ​“I Pray for My Ene­mies,” on Fri­day, March 5. As a pre­view, she will take part in an evening titled ​“Feed­ing the Spir­it of…

“Know your­self. Yes. It’s the same thing. Be your­self, know­ing your­self, ulti­mate­ly … by being our­selves, we come to know the world.” — Joy Har­jo. Read more here

Joy Har­jo, who was recent­ly appoint­ed to her third year­long term as Poet Lau­re­ate of the Unit­ed States, said that while she believes that a ​“poet­ry surge” has been ongo­ing over the…

Lis­ten to and watch an archived read­ing from When the Light of the World Was Sub­dued, Our Songs Came Through — Read­ing with Joy Har­jo, LeAnne Howe, and Jen­nifer Foerster