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A new poem by Joy Har­jo in The New York­er’s May 9 2022 Issue

Har­jo, who has recent­ly com­plet­ed her third and final term as U.S. Poet Lau­re­ate, was born Tul­sa, Okla­homa, where the new Bob Dylan Cen­ter (BDC) will have its grand open­ing this Tues­day. So it’s very…

Library to Cel­e­brate Joy Harjo’s Three Terms as U.S. Poet Lau­re­ateClos­ing Events for Harjo’s Lau­re­ate­ship Include a Read­ing, Dance Par­ty and His­toric Retreat for In-Na-Po – Indige­nous Nations Poets. Read more here

“For a remark­able three terms as U.S. poet lau­re­ate, Joy Har­jo has tire­less­ly pro­mot­ed Native poets and poet­ry,” Librar­i­an of Con­gress, Car­la Hay­den, said in a state­ment. ​“To her, poems are ​‘car­ri­ers of dreams, knowl­edge and wis­dom,’ and she has…

Joy Har­jo, the artist-in-res­i­dence for the new Bob Dylan Cen­ter, is the guest on the Gold­mine Pod­cast. Har­jo explains the impor­tance of the May 2022 open­ing of the Bob Dylan Cen­ter in Tul­sa, Oklahoma.

The U.S. poet lau­re­ate will spend six years pre­sent­ing edu­ca­tion­al pro­grams and live per­for­mances at the new cen­ter in Tul­sa. Read more