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Joy Har­jo, per­former and writer, the first Native Amer­i­can U.S. Poet Lau­re­ate, mem­ber of the Musco­gee (Creek) Nation and the edi­tor of When the Light of the World Was Subdued…

A lit­er­ary mile­stone is occur­ring this week – the pub­li­ca­tion of the first com­pre­hen­sive anthol­o­gy of Native poetry.

The book car­ries this lyri­cal title – ​“When the Light of the World was Sub­dued, Our Songs Came Through.” Read the full sto­ry here

“From my elders, I learned that jus­tice is some­times sev­en gen­er­a­tions away or more — and inevitable.” 

As protest rights are threat­ened around the coun­try, as doc­u­ment­ed in the new PEN Amer­i­ca report Arrest­ing Dis­sent, we turn to books that demon­strate the pow­er and impor­tance of tak­ing action and speak­ing out against racism, oppres­sion, cen­sor­ship, and…

Joy Har­jo, along with fif­teen poets, tell us about the vers­es and books they are read­ing, or that they hope oth­ers seek out. Read here

Poet Dean Rad­er reflects on the poem he turns to in dif­fi­cult times: Joy Har­jo’s ​“Per­haps the World Ends Here.” Read more at Poet­ry Soci­ety of America.

An inter­view for Indi­an Coun­try Today about Joy’s sec­ond term Poet Laureateship

Cheryl Strayed talks with the poet Joy Har­jo about beau­ty, prophe­cies, and lis­ten­ing to your spir­i­tu­al council. 

Joy Har­jo talks to Tul­sa World about her Sec­ond Term appoint­ment and writ­ing dur­ing the quarantine. 

The poem is enjoy­ing a bump in cul­tur­al rel­e­vance as the world sits at home and con­sid­ers its sur­round­ings. Why your time­line is pos­si­bly sud­den­ly sprin­kled with verse.