In her interview with EL PAÍS, the writer — the first Native American to be honored as United States Poet Laureate — reflects ...

Joy Harjo’s nine books of poetry include An American Sunrise, Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings, How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems, and She Had Some Horses. Harjo’s memoir Crazy Brave won ...

When I began to listen to poetry, it’s when I began to listen to the stones, and I began to listen to what the clouds had to say, and I began to listen to others. And I think, most importantly for all ...

President Joe Biden presented trailblazing Tulsan and Native American poet, performer and writer Joy Harjo with the National ... our people at the forefront of all of her work, and that it is ...

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President Joe Biden presented trailblazing Tulsan and Native American poet, performer and writer Joy Harjo with the National Humanities Medal at a ceremony Monday. The first Native American and ...

Joy Harjo studied at the University of New Mexico and received an MFA from the University of Iowa. Her rich multicultural lineage–Harjo’s mother was part Cherokee, French, and Irish; her father was ...