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Har­jo, the first Native Amer­i­can Indi­an to be appoint­ed a Unit­ed States Poet Lau­re­ate, will join more than 2500 stu­dents from across the globe cel­e­brat­ing being award­ed their degrees at the Uni­ver­si­ty of St Andrews at the begin­ning of next month.

Har­jo among the six receiv­ing an hon­orary degree from Har­vard University 

Har­jo is the recip­i­ent of an hon­orary degree from Brown University

Brown Uni­ver­si­ty will con­fer hon­orary doc­tor­ates on nine can­di­dates who have achieved great dis­tinc­tion in a vari­ety of fields. Joy Har­jo is among these nine candidates. 

Joy Har­jo in Con­ver­sa­tion with Dar­ling­ton Chibueze Anuonye

Har­jo’s POET WAR­RIOR reviewed for NPR’s Book of the Day. Read more!

We humans are sto­ry mak­ers. We become part of a matrix of sto­ries when we accept breath. We are con­nect­ed to the sto­ries of every crea­ture, plant, and oth­er beings. We are each giv­en the task to bring under­stand­ing and…

Poet­ry tran­scends indi­vid­ual iden­ti­ty and serves as a ves­sel for greater mean­ing, accord­ing to Joy Harjo.

Poet­ry tran­scends indi­vid­ual iden­ti­ty and serves as a ves­sel for greater mean­ing, accord­ing to Joy Har­jo. ​“It’s real­ly not about me at all — I’m just a kind of mes­sen­ger,” Har­jo said. Read more

As a mem­ber of the Musco­gee (Creek) Nation, Har­jo has made her mark in the lit­er­ary world with her poet­ry, plays, chil­dren’s books, mem­oirs, and music albums. Her col­lab­o­ra­tion with Goade on the book ​‘REMEM­BER’ invites young read­ers to reflect…