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The recip­i­ent of the Ivan San­drof Life­time Achieve­ment Award was Joy Har­jo. Read more here

Joy Har­jo, for­mer US Poet Lau­re­ate, dis­cuss­es a new a pic­ture book adap­tion of her poem, ​“Remem­ber.” The book, illus­trat­ed by Calde­cott medal­ist Michaela Goade, invites young read­ers to reflect on the world around them. Lis­ten here!

As the first Native Amer­i­can to serve as U.S. Poet Lau­re­ate in 2019, Joy Har­jo has used her voice as a tool for cul­tur­al change. Orig­i­nal­ly aired Octo­ber 2021

As the first Native Amer­i­can to serve as U.S. Poet Lau­re­ate in 2019, Joy Har­jo has used her voice as a tool for cul­tur­al change. The mem­ber of the Musco­gee (Creek) Nation joins host Krys Boyd to dis­cuss how she…

The Harp­er Lee Award was named after the author of the clas­sic Amer­i­can nov­el To Kill a Mock­ing­bird. Read more here

Poet Lau­re­ate Joy Harjo’s 1983 tit­u­lar poem is paired with Calde­cott medal­ist Goade’s lush, jew­el-toned illus­tra­tions in this gor­geous pic­ture book, open­ing with an illu­mi­nat­ing invo­ca­tion: ​“Remem­ber the sky that you were born under, know each…

Joy Har­jo has been named the win­ner of Yale’s 2023 Bollin­gen Prize for Amer­i­can Poet­ry. The Bollin­gen Prize, estab­lished by Paul Mel­lon in 1949, is award­ed bien­ni­al­ly by Yale Uni­ver­si­ty Library through Bei­necke Rare Book and Manuscript…

The world and the us are joined, always, and with­out effort. To look close­ly at oth­ers is to watch our­selves close­ly, and what a gift it can be, offer­ing our attention.