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Har­jo, new­ly named US Poet Lau­re­ate, begins her radi­ant new col­lec­tion with poems about the 1830 Trail of Tears. Led by Mon­ah­wee, her grand­fa­ther of six gen­er­a­tions back, her Musco­gee Creek Nation fore­bears were ​“dri­ven away like live­stock at gunpoint”…

Joy Har­jo inter­viewed at Wash­ing­ton and Lee University.

In this episode of VIDA Voic­es and Views, pro­duced by R. J. Jef­freys, Melis­sa Stud­dard speaks with cel­e­brat­ed poet, author, musi­cian, and play­wright, Joy Har­jo, who talks about top­ics rang­ing from sources of inspi­ra­tion to the pow­er of lan­guage to…

Native Voice Joy Har­jo Draws On Trib­al Myth & His­to­ry In Cel­e­brat­ing Nature

Raised in White Cone, Ari­zona, on the Nava­jo Reser­va­tion, Sher­win Bit­sui is a poet and visu­al artist based in New Mex­i­co, where he teach­es at the Insti­tute of Amer­i­can Indi­an Arts. Shift­ing, puls­ing, flood­ing with images in motion, as well…

A won­der­ful piece of news! The Pas­sigli edi­tion of Un delta nel­la pelle won one of the most impor­tant poet­ry prizes – IL PRE­MIO CAMAIOR!

Around a year and a half ago, we invit­ed eight of our favorite con­tem­po­rary poets to Tuc­son to talk with us about cli­mate change and poet­ry. We wrote to Aracelis Gir­may, Bren­da Hill­man, Bri­an Teare, Camille…

Bring­ing Tra­di­tion­al Themes Into Con­tem­po­rary Writing

This year’s Lil­ly Prize win­ner dis­cuss­es the inter­sec­tion of poet­ry and music, as well as the women’s rights and Indige­nous rights move­ments that much her poet­ry is borne out of.

Radio Inter­view by Lois P. Jones on Poets CafeKPFK Los Angeles