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The Musco­gee Nation held a sec­ond annu­al Hon­or Walk June 21 to observe the 2021 Nation­al Day of Prayer to Pro­tect Native Amer­i­can Sacred Places. Guest speak­ers includ­ed US Poet Lau­re­ate Joy Har­jo, Prin­ci­pal Chief David Hill, Sec­ond Chief Del…

When NASA’s Lucy mis­sion to the Tro­jan aster­oids, a group of space rocks that share Jupiter’s orbit around the sun, starts in Octo­ber 2021, it will bring with it some inspired remarks from some very famous peo­ple. Read more here

Joy Harjo’s sig­na­ture project as the 23^rd U.S. Poet Lau­re­ate is one of map­mak­ing: gath­er­ing poems by 47 Native Nations poets in a car­tog­ra­phy of voice. Review by Cyn­thia R. Wallace

LIV­ING NATIONS, LIV­ING WORDS is a project con­ceived of and curat­ed by US Poet Lau­re­ate Joy Har­jo and spon­sored by the Library of Con­gress. Reviewed by Jeanet­ta Cal­houn Mish

Poet War­rior: A Mem­oir receives a Starred Review in Pub­lish­er’s Week­ly! Read more here

Poet Esther Belin reviews Har­jo’s Liv­ing Nations, Liv­ing Words for Sier­ra

In an excerpt from her forth­com­ing mem­oir Poet War­rior, Joy Har­jo recalls how Momaday’s poem ​“The Delight Song of Tsoai-Talee” inspired her to begin writ­ing poet­ry. Read here

“It is time to open the heart and the spir­it.” Review by R J Lan­nan, Arti­san Music Reviews

New & Note­wor­thy: LIV­ING NATIONS, LIV­ING WORDS: An Anthol­o­gy of First Peo­ples Poet­ry, edit­ed by Joy Har­jo. (Nor­ton, paper, $15.) Har­jo, a mem­ber of the Musco­gee Nation, is the first Native Amer­i­can to serve as U.S. poet lau­re­ate; this anthology…

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