Media: Interviews, Reviews, Articles

January 19, 2025, The Bob Dylan Center
Shelter from the Storm: A Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of “Blood on the Tracks”

Joy Har­jo to per­form as part of the Cel­e­bra­tion of the 50th Anniver­sary of Bob Dylan’s Blood on the Tracks” album. Read more.

January 07, 2025, LUD Literatura
December 10, 2024, American Songwriter
Jackson Browne, Taj Mahal and Joy Harjo to Perform at Tribute Concert for Acclaimed Late Session Guitarist Jesse Ed Davis

The concert’s line­up also fea­tures Joy Har­jo, who was the U.S. poet lau­re­ate from 2019 to 2022. Har­jo, who is a Bob Dylan Cen­ter artist-in-res­i­dence, record­ed with Davis in the ear­ly 1980s. Read more here 

November 28, 2024, The Oklahoman
November 14, 2024, Native News Online
Joy Harjo, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Robert Martin and Rosita Worl Receive National Humanities Medals

Joy Har­jo, Robin Wall Kim­mer­er, Robert Mar­tin and Rosi­ta Worl Receive Nation­al Human­i­ties Medals — read more here

November 14, 2024, El Pais
Joy Harjo, poet: ‘The land does not belong to us; we’re just its stewards’

In her inter­view with EL PAÍS, the writer — the first Native Amer­i­can to be hon­ored as Unit­ed States Poet Lau­re­ate — reflects on the place of Indige­nous peo­ples and poet­ry in soci­ety. She also sounds the alarm: Act­ing without…

November 14, 2024, Native America Calling
Celebrating the life of musician Jesse Ed Davis

Cel­e­brat­ing the life of musi­cian Jesse Ed Davis­Gui­tarist Jesse Ed Davis (Kiowa) was an in-demand ses­sion play­er start­ing in the mid 60s, appear­ing on dozens of record­ings with artists such as Taj Mahal, John­ny Cash, Eric Clap­ton and…

November 12, 2024, The New Yorker
Creation Theory by Joy Harjo

Cre­ation The­o­ry” pub­lished in the Nov 11, 2024 print edi­tion of The New York­er. Read it here.

October 30, 2024, Native America Calling
Native America Calling: The Native National Humanities Medalists

Four Native Amer­i­cans just received the nation’s high­est hon­or rec­og­niz­ing work and ded­i­ca­tion to enrich­ing the com­mu­ni­ty. Pres­i­dent Joe Biden award­ed the 2022 – 2023 Nation­al Human­i­ties Medals to Musco­gee poet Joy Har­jo, long-time Chero­kee edu­ca­tor Dr. Robert…

October 29, 2024, Mvskoke Media
Joy Harjo receives 2024 National Humanities Medal

Mvskoke poet hon­ored among 39 recip­i­ents, includ­ing three fel­low Native Amer­i­can human­i­tar­i­ans — Read more