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Cre­at­ed by Red Room Poet­ry as part of Poet­ry Month and led by pro­duc­er Anne-Marie Te Whiu, Fair Trade invites six paired poets to weave words across lands and seas, gath­er­ing col­lab­o­ra­tive threads and shin­ing a light on First…

In her first new record­ing in a decade, Joy Har­jo – the first Native Amer­i­can named Poet Lau­re­ate of the Unit­ed States – digs deep into the indige­nous red earth. Read more.

“The poems of When The Light Of The World Was Sub­dued, Our Songs Came Through pro­vide a riv­et­ing tes­ti­mo­ny to the truth of its title.” — Sawnie Morris 

“Rather than an assem­blage of solos, When the Light of the World Was Sub­dued, Our Songs Came Through is a cho­rus. And right now, we need as many pow­er­ful voic­es in union as we can get.” — Review by Dean…

Join the nation­al con­ver­sa­tion with host Bri­an Lehrer as the Biden/​Harris admin­is­tra­tion starts its work. 

Pres­i­dent Biden’s nom­i­na­tion of Rep. Deb Haa­land (D, NM) to be Sec­re­tary of the Inte­ri­or would put a Native Amer­i­can (Lagu­na Pueblo) in…

Col­lab­o­rat­ing with percussionist/​composer/​producer/​engineer Bar­rett Mar­tin (who we have cov­ered sev­er­al times on these pages) on this unique new album, Har­jo brings a fresh iden­ti­ty to the poet­ry and songs that have made her a renowned poet of the Musco­gee Creek…

For the first time since 1908, the acad­e­my is expand­ing its core mem­ber­ship, from 250 artists in lit­er­a­ture, music and art and archi­tec­ture, to 300 by 2025. And this year’s inductees, 33 of them, are the largest and most diverse…

We are pleased to wel­come Joy Har­jo back to Stu­dio­Tul­sa. The poet, writer, per­former, and musi­cian is the cur­rent Unit­ed State Poet Lau­re­ate. She’s also a Tul­sa res­i­dent, and a Tul­sa Artist Fel­low. Har­jo joins us to dis­cuss her new…

At a time when poet­ry has been an unex­pect­ed solace, Har­jo sets her vers­es to a sound­scape influ­enced by jazz, funk, and Mvskoke tradition.