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*** Joy Har­jo (Musco­gee / Creek) the Poet Lau­re­ate of the Unit­ed States (and NEA Big Read author) joins me this week for a far-rang­ing con­ver­sa­tion about poet­ry and music. Lis­ten to the pod­cast here.

Read­ing in the Dark: Poets reflect on poems they return to in dif­fi­cult times. Read Joy Har­jo’s selec­tion here.

Joy Har­jo: ​‘What joins us togeth­er is poet­ry’ Har­jo reflects on her child­hood, the way the kitchen table unites us and the renewed con­nec­tions she hopes will emerge out of this dif­fi­cult time.

Joy Har­jo records her­self read­ing her poem, ​“For Call­ing the Spir­it Back From Wan­der­ing the Earth on Its Human Feet,” for Bill Moyers

The first Native Amer­i­can poet lau­re­ate talks about hear­ing the col­lec­tive heart of the coun­try, and the impor­tance of listening.

Lis­ten to an inter­view with Joy Har­jo on Lin­da Sivert­sen’s Beau­ti­ful Writ­ers Pod­cast. Vis­it the blog: https://​book​ma​ma​.com/​b​e​a​u​t​i​f​u​l​-​w​r​i​t​e​r​s​-​p​o​d​c​a​s​t​/​j​o​y​-​h​a​r​j​o​-​p​o​e​t​-​l​a​u​r​e​a​t​e​-​o​f​-​t​h​e​-​u​s​-​o​n​-​t​h​e​-​b​e​a​u​t​i​f​u​l​-​w​r​i​t​e​r​s​-​p​o​d​cast/ or on iTunes.

Musco­gee (Creek) poet Joy Har­jo has been on the move.

Since being named U.S. Poet Lau­re­ate in June 2019, the author has only been able to touch down briefly in Tul­sa, her home­town, before being called else­where to speak or…

Lis­ten to the full audio of Joy Har­jo’s read­ing at the UCLA Ham­mer Muse­um in Feb­ru­ary 2020!

Poet­ry Unbound, a new series from On Being Radio, fea­tures Joy Har­jo’s ​“Praise the Rain,” read and dis­cussed by Pádraig Ó Tua­ma. About Poet­ry Unbound: Short and unhur­ried; con­tem­pla­tive and ener­giz­ing. Anchor your week by lis­ten­ing to the every­day poetry…

Inter­view with Rob Casper, Head of LOC Poet­ry & Lit­er­a­ture Cen­ter: In the past week, we have been think­ing a lot about this unprece­dent­ed moment and how poet­ry might help us live through it. We have also been talk­ing to…