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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

Paul Hold­en­gräber is joined by poet Joy Har­jo on episode 153 of The Quar­an­tine Tapes. Joy and Paul dis­cuss the rela­tion­ship between dif­fer­ent art forms as Joy talks about her poet­ry, music, and paint­ing practices.

The ALA President’s Pro­gram at the Amer­i­can Library Asso­ci­a­tion Vir­tu­al Mid­win­ter Meet­ing 2021 fea­tured U.S. Poet Lau­re­ate Joy Har­jo in con­ver­sa­tion with fel­low poet and mem­oirist Jill Bialosky, an exec­u­tive edi­tor at W. W. Norton.