

Poetry Oct 09

For centuries, Native poetry has been preserved by the spoken word. So when a team of editors were putting together a new anthology of Native poetry, with U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo among them, they read the entire work out…
By Joshua Barajas
Poetry Sep 19

Joy Harjo, the new poet laureate of the United States, is the first Native American to achieve that honor. Jeffrey Brown recently sat down with Harjo, a member of Oklahoma's Muscogee Creek Nation, in Tulsa to discuss how arts shaped…
By Jeffrey Brown, Kira Wakeam
Poetry Nov 21

Joy Harjo…
Poetry Nov 21

Joy Harjo, who was born into the Muscogee Creek Nation in Oklahoma, describes herself as a poet, musician, dreamer and questioner. Her poem "Perhaps the World Ends Here" is particularly fitting as people gather around the table to celebrate Thanksgiving.
Poet Joy Harjo reads some of her poems.
Joy Harjo is an internationally known poet, writer and musician. She is the author of seven books of poetry, including "She Had Some Horses," "In Mad Love and War," and "The Woman Who Fell From the Sky." Her most recent…
Born into the Muscogee Creek Nation in Oklahoma, Joy Harjo's poetry, song and saxophone music honor the Native American spirit.
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