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Bookmark or Share- Joy Harjo | Biography, Poems, Books, Poet Laureate, & Facts - BritannicaJoy Harjo (born May 9, 1951, Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.) is an American poet, writer, musician, and activist who was the first Native American to be named U.S. poet laureate (2019–22). Her poems feature Native symbolism, imagery, history, and ideas set within a universal context.
- Joy Harjo | The Poetry FoundationHarjo’s collections of poetry and prose record that search for freedom and self-actualization. In books such as She Had Some Horses (1983; reissued 2008), Harjo incorporates prayer-chants and animal imagery, achieving spiritually resonant effects.
- Joy Harjo - WikipediaJoy Harjo (/ ˈ h ɑːr dʒ oʊ / HAR-joh; born May 9, 1951) is an American poet, musician, playwright, and author. She served as the 23rd United States Poet Laureate, the first Native American to hold that honor.
- Joy Harjo Official Site - Joy HarjoJoy Harjo is an internationally renowned performer and writer of the Muscogee Nation. She served three terms as the 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States from 2019-2022 and is winner of the Poetry Society of America's 2024 Frost Medal, Yale's 2023 Bollingen Prize for American Poetry, and was recently honored with a National Humanities Medal.
- Joy Harjo 101 | The Poetry FoundationFew poets, living or dead, have blazed as many literary trails as Joy Harjo. A member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, she grew up in near poverty in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a background that deeply informs her work.
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