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ELTON, La — ​“I was writ­ing down the names of all the young women and I’m haunt­ed by them. I read them, and I see them in my dreams,” said Joy Har­jo (Musco­gee Nation), the twen­ty-third Poet Lau­re­ate of the…

USA TODAY asked lead­ers from across the nation what Floyd’s death meant to them. Read the full arti­cle here

The three-time poet lau­re­ate reminds Amer­i­cans that togeth­er, we are one. But our coun­try ​‘will con­tin­ue to fal­ter until everyone’s voice has a place.’ Read the full arti­cle here.

US Poet Lau­re­ate Joy Har­jo talks with Madeleine Brand for KCR­W’s Press Play podcast

Penn will hon­or sev­en indi­vid­u­als with hon­orary degrees, cel­e­brat­ing their accom­plish­ments in fields rang­ing from pub­lic pol­i­cy to arts and enter­tain­ment. Joy Har­jo is among them. 

Joy opens up with Krista about her life, dream­ing as a way of relat­ing to time and place, and the sto­ry matrix that con­nects us all. Lis­ten to the pod­cast here

Lis­ten to the May 11, 2020 NPR 1A Broad­cast here

1A talks with Joy Harjo 

The Nation­al Native Amer­i­can Hall of Fame (NNA­HOF) this week announced eight new inductees from across Indi­an Coun­try, cel­e­brat­ed for their con­tri­bu­tions in Native advo­ca­cy, pol­i­tics, ath­let­ics, arts, health, and cul­ture preser­va­tion and revitalization.

Joy Har­jo’s I Pray for My Ene­mies is called by Mike Green­blatt, ​“one of the most unique albums of the year.” Read more here