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Poet Laureate Joy Harjo Reading: The Fight
November 27, 2020 – Joy Harjo is the nation’s first ever native American Poet Laureate. And just this month, she was appointed to a third term beginning of September 2021. Harjo is only the second poet to be honored with a third term. In this clip, she talks about the story behind her poem “The…
Read MorePoet Laureate Joy Harjo Reading: Indian School Night Song Blues
November 27, 2020 – Joy Harjo is only the second person to be appointed to a third term as the nation’s poet laureate. She was also the first-ever Native American appointed to the post. In this discussion and performance from fall of 2019, Harjo reads her poem “Indian School Night Song Blues.” Harjo went to…
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