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June 23, 2022

Joy Harjo on Poetry, Mysticism, and Becoming Poet Laureate

Interviews Podcasts

May 01, 2022, 5 Plain Questions Podcast - Plains Art Museum

5 Plain Questions with Joy Harjo

Interviews Podcasts

February 21, 2022, People Magazine

Poet Joy Harjo Says For 'Indigenous Cultures', the Land 'Is the Keeper of Our Bones, Stories, and Songs'

Joy Harjo reflects on loss and the things she continues to hold dear — memories of her late mother, Navajo horse songs — when describing her journey as a poet and champion of justice in her new memoir Poet Warrior. Read more

Poet Warrior Interviews

October 11, 2021, NPR - All Things Considered

Joy Harjo on inspiration behind memoir 'Poet Warrior' NPR

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo about her poetic memoir.

Poet Warrior Radio Interviews

September 07, 2021, Fresh Air with Terry Gross - NPR

'Poet Warrior' Joy Harjo Wants Native Peoples To Be Seen As Human

Terry Gross interviews Joy Harjo for NPR's Fresh Air. Listen to full interview here!

Poet Warrior Interviews

April 22, 2021, Treble

All the Elements: An interview with Joy Harjo

Interviews Music

March 05, 2021, WNYC w/ Brian Lehrer

America Are We Ready for the First 100 Days?

Join the national conversation with host Brian Lehrer as the Biden/Harris administration starts its work.

President Biden’s nomination of Rep. Deb Haaland (D, NM) to be Secretary of the Interior would put a Native American (Laguna Pueblo) in...

Poet Laureate Radio Interviews

February 14, 2021, Michael Limnios Blues Network

Q&A with internationally renowned performer and writer Joy Harjo

"Know yourself. Yes. It's the same thing. Be yourself, knowing yourself, ultimately . . . by being ourselves, we come to know the world." - Joy Harjo. Read more here

Poet Laureate Interviews

December 09, 2020, Let's Hear It!

We will emerge from this wounding – Joy Harjo, the first Indigenous Poet Laureate

In this week’s show, we have a really special treat – Joy Harjo, the first indigenous Poet Laureate of the United States. Listen Here!

When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through An American Sunrise Poet Laureate Interviews Podcasts

September 21, 2020, Nevada Public Radio

'An Echo of Something Not Finished': Poet Laureate On These Turbulent Times

Harjo talked with State of Nevada about how art and poetry help make sense of tumultuous times.

Radio Interviews