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The first Native Amer­i­can U.S. poet lau­re­ate explains how she freed her­self from the com­pli­ca­tions of a hard­scrab­ble child­hood. Excerpt­ed from CATCH­ING THE LIGHT

Fea­tur­ing an excerpt from Joy Harjo’s Catch­ing the Light, which appeared in Lit Hub’s The Craft of Writ­ing newslet­ter.

Har­jo was award­ed the life­time achieve­ment award at the Nation­al Art Awards, which took place at Guastavino’s in New York City. Short­ly before, Vogue took a moment to chat with Har­jo about what inspires her work…

Joy Har­jo is fea­tured in The New York Times Lit Triv­ia, on Octo­ber 14, 2022

2022 NATION­AL ARTS AWARDS TO HON­OR POET LAU­RE­ATE JOY HAR­JO, THE GOR­DON PARKS FOUN­DA­TION + FOR FREEDOMS

Har­jo’s POET WAR­RIOR: The authors incor­po­rate Indige­nous knowl­edge, which has his­tor­i­cal­ly been buried by colo­nial­ism, into bold sto­ries that fos­ter cul­tur­al under­stand­ing. Each book on this list is a pow­er­ful tool for reflec­tion not just on Indige­nous Peo­ples’ Day…

Joy Har­jo talks with her life in poet­ry with Stephanie Bastek of The Amer­i­can Schol­ar podcast

T Bone Burnett’s NYC Trib­ute to Bob Dylan, With Joy Har­jo, Sara Bareilles, and Oscar Isaac among the Cast, is ​“Wor­thy of a Bard”! Read the Con­cert Review

50 years into her career, [Har­jo] has writ­ten some­thing of a mem­oir — part of Yale Uni­ver­si­ty Press’ ​“Why I Write” series — about the ​“why” of writ­ing poet­ry. In 50 vignettes, Har­jo recalls the moments that shaped her own journey.

U.S. Poet Lau­re­ate Joy Har­jo returns to stores this month with Catch­ing the Light — a must-read for any fan of poet­ry and lit­er­a­ture. This new mem­oir con­tains Harjo’s rumi­na­tions on a half-cen­tu­ry of writ­ing and activism.