US Poet Laureate Harjo and youth poets (audio)

Kathryn Fink (the1A.org, 5/11/21); Dhr. Seven, CC Liu, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Crazy Brave: A Memoir by poet Joy Harjo (Kindle eBook via Amazon)

Harjo onstage at the 11th Annual Governors Awards gala hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood (Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images)

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Joy Harjo is a poet-musician.

United States Poet Laureate Joy Harjo has been busy during the pandemic. She recently released her first spoken word album in over a decade, entitled I Pray for My Enemies.

She edited a new anthology called Living Nations, Living Words: An Anthology of First Peoples Poetry. And she’s set to release a new memoir this fall. Oh, did we mention she’s also been appointed to a rare third term? The 1A talks with Harjo about her latest work — and what it means to be the first Native American poet to serve as U.S. poet laureate. More + AUDIO

Amanda Gorman: Meet the finalists vying to be next national youth poet laureate (the1a.org)

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  GUEST: Joy Harjo, a citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, is the author of An American Sunrise and the current U.S. poet laureate about to enter her third term and has just edited an anthology of American poetry while playing music and performing spoken word pieces to practice mindful-detachment and forgiveness (kshanti) by praying for people who want to be her enemies.
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