Joy Harjo

former U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo
Joy Harjo’s Living Nations, Living Words Poet Laureate Project Honored
November 10, 2022
The Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums has presented one of its Guardians of Culture and Lifeways International Awards to the Library of Congress and former U.S.
Living Nations, Living Words book cover
Library of Congress to Publish Anthology of First Peoples Poetry
May 5, 2021
Washington, DC — Edited by Joy Harjo, the first Native poet to serve as U.S.
Joy Harjo, Poet Laureate of the United States.
U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo Appointed for a Second Term
May 1, 2020
Washington, D.C.
Joy Harjo, Poet Laureate of the United States
U.S. Poets Laureate Celebrate Poetry Month with Weekly Video Series
April 14, 2020
Last week the Library of Congress in collaboration with the Washington Post released the first of four short videos featuring four U.S.
Joy Harjo Named U.S. Poet Laureate
June 19, 2019
Washington, D.C. — Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden today announced the appointment of Joy Harjo as the nation’s 23rd Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for 2019-2020.