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An inter­view for Indi­an Coun­try Today about Joy’s sec­ond term Poet Laureateship

Cheryl Strayed talks with the poet Joy Har­jo about beau­ty, prophe­cies, and lis­ten­ing to your spir­i­tu­al council. 

Joy Har­jo talks to Tul­sa World about her Sec­ond Term appoint­ment and writ­ing dur­ing the quarantine. 

The poem is enjoy­ing a bump in cul­tur­al rel­e­vance as the world sits at home and con­sid­ers its sur­round­ings. Why your time­line is pos­si­bly sud­den­ly sprin­kled with verse.

Librar­i­an of Con­gress Car­la Hay­den has appoint­ed Joy Har­jo to serve a sec­ond term as the nation’s 23^rd Poet Lau­re­ate Con­sul­tant in Poet­ry for 2020 – 2021. Dur­ing her sec­ond term, Har­jo will launch a new Library of Con­gress col­lec­tion and online…

Joy Har­jo has been appoint­ed to a sec­ond term as the nation’s poet lau­re­ate, the Library of Con­gress announced on Thurs­day. The first Native Amer­i­can to hold the posi­tion, Har­jo will be devel­op­ing an inter­ac­tive map of con­tem­po­rary Native poets…

In search of insight in this time of pesti­lence, we turn to U.S. Poet Lau­re­ate Joy Har­jo. Har­jo, the first Native Amer­i­can to be named poet lau­re­ate, is both an award-win­ning musi­cian and author of several…

Poets House Presents is a series of 10 minute read­ings by poets that are live streamed on Twit­ter & post­ed on our Archive, Face­book and YouTube on Wednes­days and Fri­days at Noon – to keep our com­mu­ni­ty thriving…

*** Joy Har­jo (Musco­gee / Creek) the Poet Lau­re­ate of the Unit­ed States (and NEA Big Read author) joins me this week for a far-rang­ing con­ver­sa­tion about poet­ry and music. Lis­ten to the pod­cast here.

Read­ing in the Dark: Poets reflect on poems they return to in dif­fi­cult times. Read Joy Har­jo’s selec­tion here.