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The following guest post is by John Hessler, curator of the Kislak Collection of the Archaeology and History of the Early Americas in the Library’s Geography and Map Division. This is the second in a series of five posts documenting...

This is the first in a series of five posts documenting Poet Laureate Joy Harjo’s summertime meetings with librarians and curators across the Library of Congress.

Joy shares “Advice for Countries, Advanced, Developing and Falling" with an introduction.

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...

“Harjo’s decision to take risks has paid off in the profound impact she has had through her work. In telling her own story, both the beautiful and the broken parts, Harjo has become a leader. Today she is seen as...

Joy Harjo contributed to the Merriam-Webster project about poets’ favorite words.

Molissa Fenley, approaching 59, dances in works she introduced more than 30 years ago. The program’s premiere, “Found Object,” Ms. Fenley composed by soliciting instructions from writer Joy Harjo and others.