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March 03, 2026, That Eric Alper
Poet Laureate Joy Harjo Unveils Jazz-Rooted Insomnia and Seven Steps to Grace

Joy Har­jo, the musi­cian, activist, and for­mer Nation­al Poet Lau­re­ate, will release her new album, Insom­nia and Sev­en Steps to Grace, on April 24th via Smith­son­ian Folk­ways. Pro­duced by Gram­my-win­ning com­pos­er, bassist, and vocal­ist esper­an­za spald­ing, it is Harjo’s debut…

February 27, 2026, On Being with Krista Tippett
Joy Harjo and Tracy K. Smith

I invite you to set­tle into your soft breath­ing body with these two wise women as com­pan­ions and with a sense of poet­ry as a tech­nol­o­gy, as Tra­cy describes in her new book: a tech­nol­o­gy for…

February 25, 2026, Shore Fire Media
Press Release: Insomnia and Seven Steps to Grace

Joy Har­jo, 23rd Poet Lau­re­ate of the Unit­ed States and Mem­ber of the Musco­gee Nation, announces new album, Insom­nia and Sev­en Steps to Grace Pro­duced by esper­an­za spald­ing, Harjo’s Smith­son­ian Folk­ways debut out April 24th

February 23, 2026, Tulsa People
Oklahoma bestsellers: Feb 22

Poet War­rior: A Mem­oir” and Crazy Brave” are both Okla­homa best­sellers

February 13, 2026, San Juan Record
Tenth year for Visit with Respect program

A series of events are com­ing up for Bears Ears Part­ner­ship includ­ing the Cel­e­brate Bears Ears event March 6 – 8, with a theme The Land Can’t Wait”.The event fea­tures a keynote address by the 23rd US Poet Lau­re­ate Joy Har­jo. Harjo…

February 10, 2026, KBIA 91.3 FM
Cover Story with Stephanie Shonekan

Joy Har­jo joins COV­ER STO­RY pod­cast to dis­cuss Bob Dylan’s All Along the Watchtower”

January 29, 2026, Flagging Down the Double E's
Bonus Tracks: Joy Harjo & Doug Keith on Covering Bob Dylan Like the Ramones

Back­stage at Cain’s, I spoke sep­a­rate­ly to two artists who per­formed their cov­ers togeth­er: Joy Har­jo, three-time Poet Lau­re­ate of the Unit­ed States and the Bob Dylan Center’s inau­gur­al Artist-in-Res­i­dence, and Doug Kei­th, a singer-song­writer who will serve as Music…

January 18, 2026, Stereogum
Bob Dylan Center Announces Lineup For Blonde On Blonde 60th Anniversary Tribute Concert

Soon­er Or Lat­er: Cel­e­brat­ing The 60th Anniver­sary Of Blonde On Blonde will be emceed by The Dai­ly Shows Jor­dan Klep­per… fea­tured play­ers this time include Joy Harjo …

December 02, 2025, The Context
We Are Under Cultural Stress. Art Can Help.

In this episode, Joy Har­jo joins host Alex Lovit to dis­cuss how art can help nour­ish our souls, build our com­mu­ni­ties, and envi­sion a more equi­table and demo­c­ra­t­ic society.

November 19, 2025, Book Riot
Celebrating Indigenous Nonfiction

In Girl War­rior, for­mer U.S. Poet Lau­re­ate Joy Har­jo speaks direct­ly to Native girls as they come of age. She encour­ages them to use artis­tic expres­sion as a way to heal from the dif­fi­cult things they expe­ri­ence in their lives.