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Laura Flanders and Friends: Solutions-Focused Progressive Perspectives on Politics, News, and CultureFrom Pain to Poetry: Poet Laureate Joy Harjo's “Girl Warrior” Guide [episode cut]Joy Harjo’s new book is a guide to find our way during transformation.This show is made possible by you! To become a sustaining member go to LauraFlanders.org/donateDescription: We are in what today’s guest calls a dark night of our national soul. Many of us are feeling hopeless, uncomfortable and stuck, but it is possible to make it through the darkness. Generations before us survived the unthinkable; if the past has a story to tell, what’s today’s? This notion of coming into ourselves and embracing our stories is what Joy...
2025-11-2628 min
Laura Flanders and Friends: Solutions-Focused Progressive Perspectives on Politics, News, and CultureFrom Pain to Poetry: Poet Laureate Joy Harjo's “Girl Warrior” Guide [Full Uncut Conversation]Synopsis: Join acclaimed poet Joy Harjo for an illuminating conversation on finding courage and embracing our stories, as she discusses her new guide "Girl Warrior: On Coming of Age"This show is made possible by you! To become a sustaining member go to LauraFlanders.org/donateDescription: We are in what today’s guest calls a dark night of our national soul. Many of us are feeling hopeless, uncomfortable and stuck, but it is possible to make it through the darkness. Generations before us survived the unthinkable; if the past has a story to tell, what...
2025-11-2141 min
Good Life ProjectIntroducing: No Small Endeavor: Joy Harjo on Poetry and Pursuit of the Common GoodSharing an episode of the No Small Endeavor podcast.These days, our culture is marked by political unrest, polarization and anxiety. Beauty and art feel like a luxury, or even a distraction.In a special series, No Small Endeavor is asking: What if art, beauty, and poetry are exactly what we need to face the crisis at hand? Can poetry help us protest, pray, lament, and even hope? Host Lee C. Camp talks to poets like Haleh Liza Gafori, a poet, musician, and acclaimed translator of the Persian poet Rumi; and Pádraig Ó Tu...
2025-11-1949 min
ReThinkingJoy Harjo on Poetry and Pursuit of the Common Good (from No Small Endeavor)Sharing an episode of the No Small Endeavor podcast. These days, our culture is marked by political unrest, polarization and anxiety. Beauty and art feel like a luxury, or even a distraction. In a special series, No Small Endeavor is asking: What if art, beauty and poetry are exactly what we need to face the crisis at hand? Can poetry help us protest, pray, lament and even hope? Host Lee C. Camp talks to poets like Haleh Liza Gafori, a poet, musician, and acclaimed translator of the Persian poet Rumi; and Pádraig Ó Tuama, poet, theologian, and host of Po...
2025-11-0348 min
No Small Endeavor with Lee C. CampUnabridged Interview: Joy HarjoJoy Harjo joins us for part one of a three-part series asking the question posed by poet Christian Wiman: What is poetry’s role when the world is burning?
It’s not a metaphorical question. We’re living through wars, climate collapse, collective burnout, and political fragmentation. What possibly might human flourishing mean in such a context? And what might poetry have to do with it?
Here, three‑term U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo (Muskogee Creek Nation) shares how her poetry emerges from pain, memory, and fierce hope. She reflects on the loss and colonizati...
2025-10-241h 00
Poured OverJoy Harjo on GIRL WARRIOR Girl Warrior by Joy Harjo, former three-term U.S. Poet Laureate, is a powerful reflection on coming of age as a Native woman. Joy joins us to talk about poetry, dreams, place, active listening, structure and more with host Miwa Messer. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app. Featured Books (Episode): Girl Warrior: On Coming of Age by Joy Harjo Crazy Brave by Joy Harjo Ca...
2025-10-2346 min
No Small Endeavor with Lee C. CampJoy Harjo: Poetry and the Pursuit of Justice, Truth, and the Common Good - Poetry Against the DarkJoy Harjo joins us for part one of a three-part series asking the question posed by poet Christian Wiman: What is poetry’s role when the world is burning?
It’s not a metaphorical question. We’re living through wars, climate collapse, collective burnout, and political fragmentation. What possibly might human flourishing mean in such a context? And what might poetry have to do with it?
Here, three‑term U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo (Muskogee Creek Nation) shares how her poetry emerges from pain, memory, and fierce hope. She reflects on the loss and colonizati...
2025-10-2051 min
Bioneers: Revolution From the Heart of NaturePoetic Justice: Joy Harjo’s Artistic Journey in the Story FieldNational Poet Laureate and musician Joy Harjo shares her artistic journey as a Native American woman into what she calls the “story field.” She says that in these times of radical disruption, chaos and disturbance, great creativity also pours forth… and we all play a part in which way the story will go.
Joy 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 America...
2025-10-1630 min
Madame Speaker SaysSinging Survival with Joy Harjo - BONUS Episode - 2020 Replay🙋🏽♀️Like this Episode? Text meOur 2020 Conversation with Joy HarjoJoy Harjo—the first Native American U.S. Poet Laureate, saxophonist, member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and the woman who held that laureateship longer than anyone in decades—breaks down why joy isn't escape, it's resistance.This conversation pulls from her work that refuses to separate poetry from music, grief from celebration and survival from beauty. Harjo, who lost her mother young, played jazz in honky-tonks to pay for college and still writes poems that make you weep and dance in the same brea...
2025-10-121h 12
Ishara's Reading PodcastJoy Harjo Interview: Full Circle Reunion with Ishara at the National Book Festival 25th Anniversary SeriesSend us a textTwo years ago, when Ishara was just 8 years old, she had the honor of interviewing U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo on season 2 of Ishara's Reading Podcast about her book "Remember." What started as a young reader's curiosity blossomed into something truly special - a genuine connection that Joy treasured just as much as Ishara did!Now, at 10 years old, Ishara gets to interview with Joy Harjo once again at the National Book Festival!This isn't just an interview - it's a reunion between two souls who share a...
2025-09-2504 min
Big Books & Bold Ideas with Kerri MillerJoy Harjo bends time with her poetry to honor her mother's deathHonoring the dead by washing the body is a ritual nearly as old as humankind. Jews observe taharah, rooting the practice in Ecclesiastes: “As we come forth, so we shall return.” In Islamic tradition, washing the deceased as an act of devotion and love.Joy Harjo, former poet laureate and citizen of the Muscogee Nation, expected to honor her mother’s death and life by washing her body, but as she reveals in the introduction to her new book, the ritual didn’t happen — leaving her to wander through grief without a touchstone. Harjo’s ne...
2025-07-1849 min
On Being with Krista TippettJoy Harjo — The Hope Portal Ep. 6Our teacher this time is the extraordinary Joy Harjo. She is a musician, a visual artist, a member of the Muscogee Creek Nation, and she’s also former Poet Laureate of the United States. From the beginning of her life, from childhood and even before, she has carried and retained a sense of space and time and life that is so much vaster than present circumstances. She uses this evocative phrase for the sense of time she knows and lives. She calls it “the whole of time.” It is stunning to be present to Joy Harjo and see someone who ho...
2025-07-0317 min
Fuel Your Mind With This Breakthrough Full Audiobook — Perfect On Your Commute.For a Girl Becoming by Joy HarjoPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/12574to listen full audiobooks.
Title: For a Girl Becoming
Author: Joy Harjo
Narrator: Joy Harjo
Format: mp3
Length: 7 mins
Release date: 04-29-25
Ratings: Not rated yet
Genres: Literature & Fiction
Publisher's Summary:
With US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo’s transcendent verse, For a Girl Becoming acts as a blessing and a harbinger for a young girl’s life—and reminds those of us who still stand at the door of becoming that it is our relationships with nature and with each other that carry us through it.
2025-04-2907 minRelish A Full Audiobook That Is Simply Next-Level.For a Girl Becoming by Joy HarjoPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/11469to listen full audiobooks.
Title: For a Girl Becoming
Author: Joy Harjo
Narrator: Joy Harjo
Format: mp3
Length: 7 mins
Release date: 04-29-25
Ratings: Not rated yet
Genres: Growing Up & Facts of Life
Publisher's Summary:
With US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo’s transcendent verse, For a Girl Becoming acts as a blessing and a harbinger for a young girl’s life—and reminds those of us who still stand at the door of becoming that it is our relationships with nature and with each other that carry us through it.
2025-04-2907 minDiscover A Full Audiobook That Is Simply Breakthrough.For a Girl Becoming by Joy HarjoPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/12574to listen full audiobooks.
Title: For a Girl Becoming
Author: Joy Harjo
Narrator: Joy Harjo
Format: mp3
Length: 7 mins
Release date: 04-29-25
Ratings: Not rated yet
Genres: Literature & Fiction
Publisher's Summary:
With US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo’s transcendent verse, For a Girl Becoming acts as a blessing and a harbinger for a young girl’s life—and reminds those of us who still stand at the door of becoming that it is our relationships with nature and with each other that carry us through it.
2025-04-2907 minFuel Your Mind With Your Ears To A Mind-Blowing Full Audiobook.For a Girl Becoming by Joy HarjoPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/11469to listen full audiobooks.
Title: For a Girl Becoming
Author: Joy Harjo
Narrator: Joy Harjo
Format: mp3
Length: 7 mins
Release date: 04-29-25
Ratings: Not rated yet
Genres: Growing Up & Facts of Life
Publisher's Summary:
With US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo’s transcendent verse, For a Girl Becoming acts as a blessing and a harbinger for a young girl’s life—and reminds those of us who still stand at the door of becoming that it is our relationships with nature and with each other that carry us through it.
2025-04-2907 min
Wild Card with Rachel MartinJoy Harjo thinks writing can heal regretJoy Harjo is one of the most revered poets in the United States, but she took a winding path to get there. The former U.S. poet laureate spoke with Rachel Martin about a pivotal decision in her childhood that put her on the creative path and how she views writing as a way to have second chances. This spring, Harjo is releasing a new version of her book, For A Girl Becoming.To listen sponsor-free and support the show, sign up for Wild Card+ at plus.npr.org/wildcardLearn more about sponsor message choices...
2025-04-2433 min
Life Stories InterviewsJoy Harjo: The Power of PoetryCritically acclaimed poet, Joy Harjo, reminisces on her life and upbringing which culminated in her appointment as US Poet Laureate from 2019-2022. Known for her reflective poetry focusing on language, mythology and remembrance, Harjo discusses her relationship to storytelling and creativity and how it has impacted her life.
2024-10-1627 min
Babes in BooklandThe Knowing: One Woman's Spiritual Battle Against History's Wounds // Joy Harjo's "Crazy Brave"How do your ancestors guide you?In her memoir, Crazy Brave, United States Poet Laureate, Joy Harjo, takes us on her journey of discovery with beautiful prose. My friend, Priscilla, and I discuss the interesting way she weaves poetry, her familial history, her spiritual intuition, and art into her unique and inspirational story. We reflect on the way our own relationships have shaped us, the expectations that come with life, and the way that art can guide and heal us.Listener discretion advised: this episode contains mature language and sensitive discussion topics including sexual assault
2024-08-2148 min
Poetry UnboundJoy Harjo — Poems as Teachers | Ep 2As appealing as it may sound, is it really possible to live in a world completely free of conflict? No. And since differences and disagreements are inevitable and natural, Joy Harjo gives ground rules in “Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings.” Her call to us echoes across time and space — a call to listen, to humility, to justice, and to recognizing the land, the living, the dead, the not-yet-living.Joy Harjo is a member of the Muscogee Creek Nation and the 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States. She is the author of 10 books of poetry...
2024-05-1317 min
Spring Creek PodcastLuminaries: Brooke Kuhnhausen on Joy Harjo's poem "Remember"Today's "Luminaries" guest is Brooke Kuhnhausen, a psychologist who deeply values creativity and collaboration as portals of transformation and imagination so vitally needed for new ways of being together and caring for our living Earth. She practices depth and relational therapy in her private practice and also trains and consults with other therapists, teaching in various graduate programs and therapy institutes. She is a climate justice advocate, has been part of a number of eco-feminist collaborations with visual artists, and helps others shore up the resilient inner practices necessary to cope with climate grief and show up meaningfully in...
2024-04-2612 min
The Epicurean Vagabonds present Aesthetic ArrestAesthetic Arrest Podcast: Piper Laurie, Joy Harjo, Zuppa di Pesce & Goddess Temples at Paestum!Plus Louise Glück, Idrissa Soumaoro, The Tomb of the Diver & Langoustine Tartare!This Week’s Apéritif: Monrillac Pineau des Charentes BlancReading: Weaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light: Fifty Poems for Fifty Years by Joy Harjo & Poems 1962-2012 by Louise Glück Listening: I Pray for My Enemies by Joy Harjo & Diré by Idrissa Soumaor...
2023-10-2045 min
Ishara's Reading PodcastMy Interview - Exploring The Circle of Stories With Joy Harjo: The 23rd Poet Laureate of The USSend us a textWelcome to this very special episode of Ishara’s Reading Podcast! In celebration of Indigenous Peoples Day, Ishara was honored to interview acclaimed poet, writer, and musician Ms. Joy Harjo of the Mvskoke (Creek) Nation who is the first ever Native American US Poet Laureate! And for this week’s book, Ishara reads aloud Ms. Joy’s moving poem, “Remember” which is now a children’s book, beautifully illustrated by Caldecott Medalist and New York Times bestselling artist Michaela Goade of the Tlingit and Haida Tribes.In her interview wi...
2023-10-0927 min
Point of Relation with Thomas HueblJoy Harjo - The Power of Collective HealingThomas speaks with internationally renowned performer, writer of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, and 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States, Joy Harjo. They discuss the power of poetry to open our awareness, allow access to greater knowledge, and connect with other humans throughout history. Joy shares what drew her to poetry, and how her work is deeply rooted in her ancestral lineage.She and Thomas explore how to attune to the living ancestral field that we inhabit, and how to reckon with historical trauma through storytelling rituals and ceremonies. Joy also reads an excerpt from her 2021 memoir...
2023-09-051h 02
Notes from America with Kai WrightJoy Harjo and Native StoriesBefore she was the 23rd U.S. Poet Laureate, Joy Harjo’s journey as an artist began at a federal Indian boarding school. She reveals an unexpected perspective about her experience.
Joy Harjo is an internationally renowned performer and writer of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. She served three terms as the 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States from 2019-2022. Her new children’s book, Remember (Penguin Random House, 2023), is an adaption of her famous poem by the same name. That poem was one of the first Joy ever wrote, almost 40 years ago. Today, her book invites reader...
2023-05-1119 min
Behind the Mic with AudioFile MagazineCATCHING THE LIGHT by Joy Harjo, read by Joy HarjoHost Jo Reed and AudioFile’s Robin Whitten discuss two recent audiobooks written and read by former U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo (Mvskoke Nation). Harjo shares short vignettes about her life and her inspiration for her poetry in CATCHING THE LIGHT, and her wide-ranging topics include language, Native American history, music, and human nature, with her soft and strong voice. She meditates on why she writes poetry, and the inspiration her studies in music and art bring to her work. Her recent children’s audiobook, REMEMBER, includes one poem as well as a beautiful author’s note on the ne...
2023-04-2806 min
The Poetry Exchange80. REVISITED: Remember by Joy Harjo - A Friend to Rachel Eliza GriffithsIn this latest episode of The Poetry Exchange, we revisit our conversation with the extraordinary poet & artist Rachel Eliza Griffiths about the poem that has been a friend to her: 'Remember' by Joy Harjo.This beautiful and transformative conversation was originally released in 2020 and has been a friend to many of our listeners so far. We felt it was one to bring into the light all over again!We are hugely grateful to Rachel Eliza Griffiths for sharing her profound story of connection with Joy Harjo's life-filled poem, and to Joy Harjo and...
2023-04-2729 minThe Poetry Exchange80. REVISITED: Remember by Joy Harjo - A Friend to Rachel Eliza GriffithsIn this latest episode of The Poetry Exchange, we revisit our conversation with the extraordinary poet & artist Rachel Eliza Griffiths about the poem that has been a friend to her: 'Remember' by Joy Harjo.This beautiful and transformative conversation was originally released in 2020 and has been a friend to many of our listeners so far. We felt it was one to bring into the light all over again!We are hugely grateful to Rachel Eliza Griffiths for sharing her profound story of connection with Joy Harjo's life-filled poem, and to Joy Harjo and...
2023-04-2729 min
On Our MindsHank Green and U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo remind you to “be yourself”At SXSW EDU, Tyler interviewed science content creator Hank Green, and student reporter Ingrid Smith interviewed former U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo. Both Green and Harjo talked about how to "be yourself."This episode was produced and edited by Student Reporting Labs Lead Podcast Producer Briget Ganske.Follow us:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StudentReportingLabs/Twitter: https://twitter.com/reportinglabsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/studentreportinglabs/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@reportinglabs
2023-04-2614 min
Unraveling ReligionOne People, Earth Breathing, Waters Living, Life's Sanctity, Everywhere: A Talk With Joy Harjo, the 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States Joy Harjo and Joel connect in this dusted off, older episode, to open and discuss our shared human experience in its different forms and the pervading spirit found in mountains and rivers, water and air, in people and the Earth. The shared community we live in calls us to understand our actions affect others and the Earth. Joy and Joel discuss spirituality, Joy's history and development as an artist, shared responsibity for our communities, Native teachings, Buddhism, Joy's plays, music, poetry, and art. Also discussed were generational influences and wisdom and how in years past there was a closer...
2023-04-1222 min
Commonplace PodcastEpisode 109: Joy HarjoBooks and Selected Other Work by Joy HarjoPOETRYWeaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light: 50 Poems for 50 Years (W.W. Norton, 2022)An American Sunrise (W. W. Norton, 2019)Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings (W. W. Norton, 2015)How We Became Human New & Selected Poems: 1975-2001 (W. W. Norton, 2004)A Map to the Next World (W. W. Norton, 2000)The Woman Who Fell From the Sky (W. W. Norton, 1994)In Mad Love & War (Wesleyan University Press, 1990)Secrets from the Center of the World, w. Stephen...
2023-04-101h 13
Legacy Living with Dr. Gloria BurgessCelebrating Poet Laureate Joy Harjo | Episode #337Legacy Living with Dr. Gloria Burgess.To kick off National Poetry Month, Dr. Gloria pays tribute to recent US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo. Listen and be inspired as Dr. Gloria shares the poetry of Ms. Harjo. You'll want to listen to this podcast again and again!https://www.talknetworkradio.com/hosts/legacyliving
2023-04-0538 min
Dive Into A Full Audiobook That Is Simply Heart-Pounding.Remember by Joy HarjoPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/603499to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Remember
Author: Joy Harjo
Narrator: Joy Harjo
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 0 hours 5 minutes
Release date: March 21, 2023
Genres: Animals & Nature
Publisher's Summary:
US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo’s iconic poem 'Remember' invites young listeners to pause and reflect on the wonder of the world around them, and to remember the importance of their place in it. Remember the sky you were born under, Know each of the star's stories. Remember the moon, know who she is. Remember the sun's birth at dawn, That is the strongest point of time. So be...
2023-03-2105 min
Don’t Miss A Full Audiobook That Is Simply Inspiring.Remember by Joy HarjoPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/209253to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Remember
Author: Joy Harjo
Narrator: Joy Harjo
Format: mp3
Length: 5 mins
Release date: 03-21-23
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 1 rating
Genres: Native American
Publisher's Summary:
US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo’s iconic poem "Remember," invites young listeners to pause and reflect on the wonder of the world around them, and to remember the importance of their place in it. In simple and direct language, Harjo, a member of the Mvskoke Nation, urges listeners to pay close attention to who they are, the world they were born into, and how al...
2023-03-2105 minStream Popular Full Audiobooks in Kids, Animals & NatureRemember by Joy HarjoPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/603499to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Remember
Author: Joy Harjo
Narrator: Joy Harjo
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 0 hours 5 minutes
Release date: March 21, 2023
Genres: Animals & Nature
Publisher's Summary:
US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo’s iconic poem 'Remember' invites young listeners to pause and reflect on the wonder of the world around them, and to remember the importance of their place in it. Remember the sky you were born under, Know each of the star's stories. Remember the moon, know who she is. Remember the sun's birth at dawn, That is the strongest point of time. So be...
2023-03-2105 min
Talks at GoogleJoy Harjo | Weaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light: Fifty Poems for Fifty Years Performer and writer Joy Harjo visits Google to discuss her journey and her new book "Weaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light: Fifty Poems for Fifty Years". This selection of poems celebrates the three-term US Poet Laureate's fifty years as a poet. She is an internationally renowned performer and writer of the Muscogee Nation. Over a long, influential career in poetry, Joy's poems intertwine ancestral memory and tribal histories with resilience and love. For this volume, she selects her best poems from across fifty years, beginning with her early discoveries of her own voice and ending with moving...
2023-03-0748 min
Begin A Full Audiobook That Is Simply Mind-Blowing.Catching the Light by Joy HarjoPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/86194to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Catching the Light
Author: Joy Harjo
Narrator: Joy Harjo
Format: mp3
Length: 2 hrs and 19 mins
Release date: 01-17-23
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 12 ratings
Genres: Authors
Publisher's Summary:
In this lyrical meditation about the why of writing poetry, Joy Harjo reflects on significant points of illumination, experience, and questioning from her 50 years as a poet. Comprised of intimate vignettes that take us through the author’s life journey as a youth in the late 1960s, a single mother, and a champion of Native nations, this book offers a fresh un...
2023-01-172h 19
Counter VoicesEpisode 7 - Fear! "I Give You Back” by Joy HarjoEpisode 7 Presents the poem “I Give You Back” by Joy Harjo 23rd US Poet Laureate on ‘engineered fear’ used to victimize and control.The poem is Joy Harjo’s anthem to what she describes as confronting the ‘fear monster.’
2022-12-2319 min
The Devotions Podcast"Perhaps the World Ends Here" by Joy Harjowhile we are laughing and crying, eating of the last sweet biteHi friends,This week’s poem is “Perhaps the World Ends Here” by Joy Harjo*. It’s copied below.The world begins at a kitchen table. No matter what, we must eat to live.The gifts of earth are brought and prepared, set on the table. So it has been since creation, and it will go on.We chase chickens or dogs away from it. Babies teethe at the corners. They scrape their knees under it.It...
2022-11-2004 min
Gaënö'Joy Harjo's I Pray For My EnemiesJoy Harjo, the 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States, is a member of the Mvskoke Nation and belongs to Oce Vpofv (Hickory Ground). She is only the second poet to be appointed a third term as U.S. Poet Laureate. In addition to serving as a three-term U.S. Poet Laureate, Harjo is a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets, holds a Tulsa Artist Fellowship, directs For Girls Becoming, an arts mentorship...
2022-11-1457 min
AWM Author TalksEpisode 113: Joy Harjo and Marie AranaThis week, U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo and Literary Director of the Library of Congress Marie Arana explore the themes of their roots, their creativity, and how their origin stories feed them and their work. This conversation originally took place May 15, 2022 at the inaugural American Writers Festival and was recorded live.
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In 2019, Joy Harjo was appointed the 23rd United States Poet Laureate, the first Native American to hold the position and only the second person to serve three terms in the role. Harjo’s nine books of poetry include An Ameri...
2022-10-101h 02Legacy Living with Dr. Gloria BurgessTribute to Joy Harjo | Episode #310Legacy Living with Dr. Gloria Burgess.In today's podcast, Dr. Gloria Burgess pays tribute to US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo. Listen and be inspired as Dr. Gloria shares the poetry of Ms. Harjo. You'll want to listen to this podcast again and again!
2022-09-2838 minBehind the Mic with AudioFile MagazinePOET WARRIOR by Joy Harjo, read by Joy HarjoJoy Harjo, the first Native American U.S. poet laureate, narrates a stunning memoir filled with wisdom and compassion. Host Jo Reed and AudioFile’s Sandi Henschel discuss how Harjo’s voice invites listeners in, as she narrates with a calm, lyrical narration. She shares tales of her Muscogee/Creek ancestors, personal anecdotes and remembrances, and her growing awareness of messages found in the natural world. She sings ancient songs, recites her poetry, and offers stirring messages of forgiveness, healing, and enlightenment. A quietly memorable listening experience.Read the full review of the audiobook on AudioFile’s websit...
2022-07-2207 min
NPR's Book of the DayIn 'Poet Warrior', Joy Harjo uses poetry to deal with pain and healIn celebration of the new U.S. poet laureate this year, Ada Limón, today's episode revisits another poet laureate's conversation with Michel Martin about how poetry has been used to deal with pain and healing. Joy Harjo, who has been the U.S. poet laureate since 2019 says she has always been drawn to healing ever since she was little. She even studied pre-med in college. But it wasn't until Harjo heard Native poets that she realized "this is a powerful tool of understanding and affirmation." She shares her poetry and story in the book, Poet Warrior.Learn m...
2022-07-1308 min
The Indigenous Cafe PodcastLife As Quoted By Joy HarjoRoman Orona takes you on a journey around the world of Indigenous Music. Indigenous Cafe brings you music, conversation and inspiration from the Indigenous People of North America and the Indigenous People from all over the world.
On this weeks journey, we are traveling with a show titled, “Life As Quoted by Joy Harjo”.
Joy Harjo was born on May 9, 1951 in Tulsa, OK. Joy Harjo is an American Poet, musician, playwright, and author. She is the incumbent United States Poet Laureate, the first Native American to hold that honor. She is also only the second Poet...
2022-06-271h 01
THE IDEALISTS.#50: Joy Harjo on Poetry, Mysticism, and Becoming Poet LaureateIn this episode of The Idealists. (formerly Grit & Grace), host and entrepreneur Melissa Kiguwa interviews Joy Harjo, who served three terms as the 23rd Poet Laureate from 2019 to 2022. She is the author of nine books of poetry, several plays and children's books, and two memoirs. Her many honors include the Ruth Lily Prize for Lifetime Achievement from the Poetry Foundation, the Academy of American Poets Wallace Stevens Award, two NEA fellowships, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. In this episode, Joy shares how she moves between the physical and mystical in order to make sense of the world around her.
2022-06-1441 min
The Daily PoemJoy Harjo's "Perhaps the World Ends Here"Joy Harjo (/ˈhɑːrdʒoʊ/ HAR-joh; born May 9, 1951) is an American poet, musician, playwright, and author. She is the incumbent United States Poet Laureate, the first Native American to hold that honor. She is also only the second Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to serve three terms. Harjo is a member of the Muscogee Nation (Este Mvskokvlke) and belongs to Oce Vpofv (Hickory Ground).[1] She is an important figure in the second wave of the literary Native American Renaissance of the late 20th century. She studied at the Institute of American Indian Arts, completed her undergraduate degree at University of New Mexico in 19...
2022-05-1106 min
Poetry For AllEpisode 48: Joy Harjo, An American SunriseIn this episode, we examine The Golden Shovel form and discuss the idea of "survivance" through the work of Muscogee (Creek) poet Joy Harjo, the 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States.
You can find the text of "An American Sunrise" here, though this is an earlier version of the poem. The final version appears in her finished book of the same title, which you can find here.
For an introduction to The Golden Shovel form, see here.Links:Joy Harjo Official Site - Joy HarjoAn American Sunrise by Joy Harjo | Poetry...
2022-04-2821 minLegacy Living with Dr. Gloria BurgessGrace - Tribute to Joy Harjo | Episode #288Legacy Living with Dr. Gloria Burgess.What is grace? In today's podcast, Dr. Gloria Burgess pays tribute to US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo. Listen and be inspired as Dr. Gloria shares the poetry of Ms. Harjo. You'll want to listen to this podcast again and again!
2022-04-2738 min
Ouija Boards and Midnight MargsLiterary Book Coven - The Last Chapter with Joy HarjoHey witchy readers!! We have reached the final chapter of this specialty series for this season. I’m so grateful for your listens and support and I hope you’ve loved the writers we’ve celebrated! Today we are experiencing the works of poet laureate, Joy Harjo. Harjo is a Muscogee Nation writer, songstress and playwright. Her work is deeply influenced by Native folklore and storytelling traditions and feminist and social justice movements.
2022-04-0328 min
GoldmineBob Dylan Center's Artist-In-Residence Joy HarjoThis episode's guest will be U; S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, who is the first Artist-In-Residence for the new Bob Dylan Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, which will have its grand opening to the public on May 10, 2022, Harjo, a Tulsa native, will produce educational programs and schedule live performances for the Center, as well as curate special exhibitions. The Center will contain the Bob Dylan archives, which is a collection of more than 100,000 items spanning the songwriter's entire career, Harjo will explain the opening of the Bob Dylan Center in more detail on this episode of the Goldmine Podcast.
2022-03-0431 min
Indigenous in Music with Larry KJoy Harjo in our Spotlight InterviewWelcome to Indigenous in Music with Larry K, this week Larry welcomes into our spotlight from the Tulsa, Oklahoma. Joy Harjo. Singer, performer and poet. She has just released her newest album “I Pray for my Enemies.” Joy is featured in our latest issue of SAY Magazine, read out all about her and hear her music at www.joyharjo.com.
Enjoy music from Joy Harjo, Gina Loring, Stoik, Jah’kota, Plex, Drezus, iskwe, Samantha Crain, Twin Flames, Bluedog, Cary Morin, Khu.eek, Khu.eek, Alan Syliboy & The Thundermakers, Mike Paul, Kinky, Eagle & Hawk, QVLN, Shawn Michael Perry, Shauit, Socalled, Los Beunos...
2022-02-121h 56
5 Plain QuestionsJoy HarjoIn 2019, Joy Harjo was appointed the 23rd United States Poet Laureate, the first Native American to hold the position and only the second person to serve three terms in the role. Harjo’s nine books of poetry include An American Sunrise, Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings, How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems, and She Had Some Horses. She is also the author of two memoirs, Crazy Brave and Poet Warrior, which invites us to travel along the heartaches, losses, and humble realizations of her “poet-warrior” road. She has edited several anthologies of Native American writing including When the Li...
2022-02-0935 min
Book SocietyPaulette C. Steeves - Poet Warrior, Joy HarjoDr. Steeves and I talk about Joy Harjo's beautiful book. And my friend the ground squirrel.Buy Poet Warrior:https://www.amazon.com/Poet-Warrior-Memoir-Joy-Harjo/dp/0393248526/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1I6C55UDJ5SMC&keywords=poet+warrior+joy+harjo&qid=1643753424&sprefix=poet+warrior%2Caps%2C322&sr=8-1Database Of Residential Schools:https://www.crscid.com
2022-02-0420 min
The Poetry Magazine PodcastSuzi F. Garcia in Conversation with Joy HarjoToday on the podcast: Joy Harjo. Harjo is the nation's first Native American poet laureate and a playwright, musician, author, and editor. Not everyone knows that Harjo also started playing saxophone at the age of forty. Today, we have the pleasure of hearing from her new album, I Pray for My Enemies, which features musicians from some of the biggest bands of the nineties grunge scene—including R.E.M., Pearl Jam, and Nirvana. We also spoke with Harjo about her early activism, how she came to befriend Audre Lorde, her obsession with maps, and her new memoir, Poet Wa...
2022-01-1134 min
Don’t Miss The Life-Enhancing Full Audiobook Experience!Poet Warrior by Joy HarjoPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/86169to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Poet Warrior
Author: Joy Harjo
Narrator: Joy Harjo
Format: mp3
Length: 5 hrs and 19 mins
Release date: 11-30-21
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 158 ratings
Genres: Authors
Publisher's Summary:
Joy Harjo, the first Native American to serve as US poet laureate, invites us to travel along the heartaches, losses, and humble realizations of her "poet-warrior" road. A musical, kaleidoscopic, and wise follow-up to Crazy Brave, Poet Warrior reveals how Harjo came to write poetry of compassion and healing, poetry with the power to unearth the truth and demand justice.
2021-11-305h 19
The subScribe PodcastRhyme Junkies: Joy HarjoIn honor of National Native American month, this episode of Rhyme Junkies-- the podcast devoted to poetry-- features poems by Native American writer and poet, Joy Harjo. Harjo currently serves as the United States Poet Laureate and is the first Native American to hold that prestigious title.
Poems in this episode include: “She Had Some Horses”, “Once the World Was Perfect”, and “Fire”
Music:
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2021-11-1907 min
Pulling The Thread with Elise LoehnenBuilding the House of Knowledge (Joy Harjo)“Humanity is messy, each of us starts with ourselves, it's horribly messy and then multiply that times millions. And that's an incredible, lovely mess.” So says Joy Harjo, the 23rd United States Poet Laureate, and the first Native American to hold that post. She is the author of nine books of poetry, several plays, and childrens books, and two memoirs—and is an internationally renowned performer and writer of the Muscogee nation, with an innumerable number of prizes and fellowships at her back. Today, we sit down to discuss her second memoir, POET WARRIOR, which just came out. It is bea...
2021-09-1650 minPoured OverJoy Harjo on POET WARRIOR "My ears were bent for stories." Poet Warrior is the indelible new memoir by Joy Harjo, Poet Laureate of the United States. Joy joins us on the show to talk about her family's stories, making music, Emily Dickinson's poetry, how reading work out loud helps with the editing process, and more. Featured Books: Poet Warrior and An American Sunrise by Joy Harjo. Produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and engineered by Harry Liang. Folow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays.
2021-09-0931 min
City Arts & LecturesJoy HarjoJoy Harjo is a performer and writer of the Muskogee Creek Nation. She’s currently serving her second term as United States Poet Laureate. Much of Harjo’s poetry incorporates indigenous myths. She also addresses social justice and feminism. Her newest book is a memoir, “Poet Warrior”. On August 16, 2021, Joy Harjo talked with Steven Winn about her work.
2021-08-2942 minIndigenous in Music with Larry KIndigenous in Music with Larry K - Joy Harjo in our Spotlight InterviewWelcome to Indigenous in Music with Larry K, this week Larry welcomes into our spotlight from the Tulsa, Oklahoma. Joy Harjo. Singer, performer and poet. She has just released her newest album “I Pray for my Enemies.” Joy is featured in our latest issue of SAY Magazine, read out all about her and hear her music at www.joyharjo.com.
Enjoy music from Joy Harjo, Gina Loring, Stoik, Jah’kota, Plex, Drezus, iskwe, Samantha Crain, Twin Flames, Bluedog, Cary Morin, Khu.eek, Khu.eek, Alan Syliboy & The Thundermakers, Mike Paul, Kinky, Eagle & Hawk, QVLN, Shawn Michael Perry, Shauit, Socalled, Los Beunos...
2021-07-171h 56
The Daily PoemJoy Harjo's "Once the World Was Perfect"Joy Harjo (/ˈhɑːrdʒoʊ/ HAR-joh; born May 9, 1951) is an American poet, musician, playwright, and author. She is the incumbent United States Poet Laureate, the first Native American to hold that honor. She is also only the second Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to serve three terms. Harjo is a member of the Muscogee Nation (Este Mvskokvlke) and belongs to Oce Vpofv (Hickory Ground).[1] She is an important figure in the second wave of the literary Native American Renaissance of the late 20th century. She studied at the Institute of American Indian Arts, completed her undergraduate degree at University of New Mexico in 19...
2021-05-1907 min
5 minute podcast summaries of: Tim Ferriss, Hidden Brain, Sam Harris, Lex Fridman, Jordan PetersonJoy Harjo — The Whole of Time | On Being with Krista TippettOther podcast summaries in Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/5-min-summariesIn other podcast apps, search 'podcast summaries'.Original episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/joy-harjo-the-whole-of-time/id150892556?i=1000521619655Written summary: https://www.owltail.com/summaries/Ecy9i-Joy-Harjo-The-Whole-of-Time
2021-05-1603 minOn Being with Krista TippettJoy Harjo — The Whole of Time“Though we have instructions and a map buried in our hearts when we enter this world,” the extraordinary Joy Harjo has written, “nothing quite prepares us for the abrupt shift to the breathing realm.” She is a saxophone player and performer, a visual artist, a member of the Muscogee Creek Nation, and the 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States. She opens up with Krista about her life, dreaming as a way of relating to time and place, and the story matrix that connects us all. Joy Harjo — is a member of the Muscogee Creek Nation a...
2021-05-1350 minOn Being with Krista Tippett[Extended] Joy Harjo with Krista Tippett“Though we have instructions and a map buried in our hearts when we enter this world,” the extraordinary Joy Harjo has written, “nothing quite prepares us for the abrupt shift to the breathing realm.” She is a saxophone player and performer, a visual artist, a member of the Muscogee Creek Nation, and the 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States. She opens up with Krista about her life, dreaming as a way of relating to time and place, and the story matrix that connects us all. Joy Harjo — is a member of the Muscogee Creek Nation a...
2021-05-131h 12
Lannan Center Podcast"THIS LAND": A Reading Featuring Poet Laureate Joy HarjoOn March 16, 2021 the Lannan Center presented a Crowdcast webinar featuring Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, as part of "THIS LAND" the 2021 Lannan Center Symposium. Moderated by poet Carolyn Forché.About Joy HarjoIn 2019, Joy Harjo was appointed the 23rd United States Poet Laureate, the first Native American to hold the position. Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Harjo is an internationally known award-winning poet, writer, performer, and saxophone player of the Mvskoke/Creek Nation. Harjo’s nine books of poetry include An American Sunrise, Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings, How We Became Human: New and Sel...
2021-03-161h 06
Balanced Mind with Julie PotikerAll Things Connected with poem "Speaking Tree", by Joy HarjoSit back, close your eyes and feel your connection to everything around you through this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. Julie completes the meditation with a reading of the poem, "Speaking Tree", by Joy Harjo U.S. Poet Laureate.
(Tu'Bishvat is the New Year for the Trees in Israel)
Speaking Tree, by Joy Harjo
Some things on this earth are unspeakable:Genealogy of the broken—A shy wind threading leaves after a massacre,Or the smell of coffee and no one there—
Some humans say trees...
2021-01-2915 min
Living From Happiness"Bad" Words & U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo 12/28/20 Living From HappinessMelanie focuses on thoughts and writings from such luminaries as Paula Allen Gunn, Simon Ortiz, Joy Harjo, and Barry Lopez in this episode. Some of the "bad" words touched on are considered unimportant and light-weight and New-Agey, and even worse, often used to minimize, criticize, and shame those who dare to align themselves with such ridiculous concepts as living a slow, contemplative life, or consciously choosing love as a touchstone for decision-making. This episode is really about reclaiming the power of language to catalyze transformation. Ready? Dr. Melanie Harth's website here
2020-12-2925 min
Art Works PodcastJoy Harjo (Muscogee/Creek)To honor the Winter Solstice, (more specifically, that the days are getting longer from here on in), as well as Jupiter and Saturn having their closest visible alignment in 800 years and to celebrate her recent appointment to a third term in the position, we’re reposting my interview with U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo (Muscogee/Creek). I interviewed her in early Spring, soon after the pandemic, and I find myself re-reading her work and appreciating how much Joy Harjo is a poet for this moment. Joy’s poetry is rooted in landscape and place yet is also transcendent. In her...
2020-12-2231 min
Let’s Hear ItWe will emerge from this wounding – Joy Harjo, the first Indigenous Poet LaureateIn this week’s show, we have a really special treat - Joy Harjo, the first indigenous Poet Laureate of the United States. Joy is in conversation with Rebecca Arno, the Chief Operating Officer of the Barton Insitute for Community Action at the University of Denver in a session recorded as part of ComnetV, the virtual gathering of the Communications Network, which was held earlier this year.
Joy Harjo is the author of nine books of poetry, including her most recent, An American Sunrise. Her memoir, Crazy Brave, was awarded the PEN...
2020-12-091h 01
ME READING STUFFJoy Harjo - Perhaps the World Ends Here"The world begins at a kitchen table." - Joy Harjo"My name has something to do with a severed hand." - Me*This podcast is dedicated to Diego Franek LINKS:Buy The Woman Who Fell from the Sky by Joy Harjo here: https://wwnorton.com/books/The-Woman-Who-Fell-from-the-SkyShop my site here: https://www.robynoneil.com/shopWatch the American Girl Movie here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US37aUmzELUWatch my PBS Art Assignment here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwOXumLJgGgSign...
2020-12-0324 min
Voices of OklahomaJoy HarjoIt has been announced that Tulsan Joy Harjo will continue as the 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States for a third year, becoming only the second laureate to serve more than two years. Joy was born in Tulsa and is an enrolled member of the Muscogee Creek Nation. Growing up she was surrounded by artists and musicians: her mother wrote songs, her grandmother played the saxophone, and her aunt was an artist. Joy is a Tulsa Artist Fellow.
2020-11-2249 min
More DevotedlyVol. IV | Ep. 5 - Joy Harjo on Repatriation
I spoke to Joy Harjo, chair of the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Board of Directors and the Poet Laureate of the United States, about the repatriation of the Yale Union building in Portland, Oregon to her organization, about her role as Poet Laureate in a toxic time in American politics, and how she found her voice through poetry and music.
Header image by Karen Kuehn.
About Joy Harjo
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Joy Harjo is an internationally renowned performer and writer of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and was named the 23rd...
2020-10-1323 min
The Seattle Public Library - Author Readings and Library EventsJoy Harjo reads from 'Crazy Brave'Joy Harjo reads from her memoir: a story about family, a hardscrabble youth, young adulthood, and her journey to become an award-winning poet and musician. -- Joy Harjo was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where she grew up with an abusive stepfather. She attended an Indian arts boarding school, where she gained an appreciation for painting, music, and poetry; gave birth while still a teenager; and struggled on her own as a single mother, eventually finding her poetic voice. -- Harjo is a member of the Mvskoke/Creek Nation, an internationally known poet, performer, writer, and saxophone player. Her seven books...
2020-09-201h 08
The New Yorker: PoetryJoy Harjo Reads Sandra CisnerosJoy Harjo joins Kevin Young to read “Still-Life with Potatoes, Pearls, Raw Meat, Rhinestones, Lard, and Horse Hooves,” by Sandra Cisneros, and her own poem “Running.” Harjo is the current Poet Laureate of the United States, as well as a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets. Her many honors include the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize and the Wallace Stevens Award.
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2020-09-1634 min
Stories for Earth: Climate Change in Pop CultureS2 E2: Joy Harjo—Crazy Brave and An American SunriseWe take a deep dive into two of Joy Harjo's books, Crazy Brave and An American Sunrise, exploring what they say about Native history and environmentalism. Joy Harjo is a writer and performer of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and the 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States of America. Her work is rooted deep in the respectful relationship her people have had with the land for centuries.
Transcript: https://storiesforearth.com/2020/08/04/joy-harjo-crazy-brave-an-american-sunrise/
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2020-08-0425 min
American Poets, Poetas Norteamericanos.Joy Harjo. Poeta Nativo Americana. Poeta Laureada: 2019-2020.Joy Harjo. 1951. Oklahoma, Estados Unidos. Canta para la maja desnuda, su poema: Equinoccio.
Joy Harjo, es una poeta Nativa de América. Su poesía se nutre de la tradición oral de los Indios Americanos. Es difusora de la cultura de los pueblos originarios. Premio de Poesía: William Carlos Williams. Premio Wallace Stevens, 2015.También tiene una banda: Justicia Poética y toca saxofon. Autora de una importante obra poética. Poeta Laureada de Los Estados Unidos (2019-2020). Es la primera poeta nativa nombrada Poeta Laureada en USA.
2020-07-0101 min
The Poetry Exchange47. Remember By Joy Harjo - A Friend To Rachel Eliza GriffithsIn this episode, writer and artist Rachel Eliza Griffiths talks about the poem that has been a friend to her – Remember by Joy Harjo.Rachel Eliza Griffiths is a luminous multi-media artist, poet, and writer. Her literary and visual work has been widely published in journals, magazines, anthologies, and periodicals including The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry, Best American Poetry, and many others. Griffiths is widely known for her literary portraits, fine art photography, and lyric videos. Her extensive video project, P.O.P (Poets on Poetry), an...
2020-05-2828 minThe Poetry Exchange47. Remember By Joy Harjo - A Friend To Rachel Eliza GriffithsIn this episode, writer and artist Rachel Eliza Griffiths talks about the poem that has been a friend to her – Remember by Joy Harjo.Rachel Eliza Griffiths is a luminous multi-media artist, poet, and writer. Her literary and visual work has been widely published in journals, magazines, anthologies, and periodicals including The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry, Best American Poetry, and many others. Griffiths is widely known for her literary portraits, fine art photography, and lyric videos. Her extensive video project, P.O.P (Poets on Poetry), an...
2020-05-2828 min
Close Talking: A Poetry PodcastEpisode #095 Invisible Fish - Joy Harjo - Reflections Week Ep. 3Connor and Jack close out Poetry Month 2020 with a series of shorter episodes about short poems that can be comforting springboards to reflection and contemplation. In this episode, they discuss Joy Harjo's prose poem "Invisible Fish," reflecting on the poem's incredible sense of time and place and the new resonances of "going to the store."
Invisible Fish
By: Joy Harjo
Invisible fish swim this ghost ocean now described by waves of sand, by water-worn rock. Soon the fish will learn to walk. Then humans will come ashore and paint dreams on the dying stone. Then later, much later, the ocean...
2020-04-2727 min
Beautiful Writers PodcastJoy Harjo: Poet Laureate of the United StatesIn THE interview of my life so far, Joy Harjo, Poet Laureate of the United States (the nation’s “official” poet!) is here. She’s the first Native American to hold this position, and I’ve been a weepy mess since she agreed to chat with us. As someone who lived on raw land in Northern New Mexico and studied with Native Americans, I'm deeply moved by her talent and activism on behalf of tribal peoples and vulnerable female populations. For some reason, I had a strong intuitive sense that Joy would have a perspective on the global Corona pandemic c...
2020-03-311h 19
Barlborough and Clowne Parish ChurchesFriday poem - Praise the rain by Joy HarjoPraise the Rain
BY JOY HARJO
Praise the rain; the seagull dive
The curl of plant, the raven talk—
Praise the hurt, the house slack
The stand of trees, the dignity—
Praise the dark, the moon cradle
The sky fall, the bear sleep—
Praise the mist, the warrior name
The earth eclipse, the fired leap—
Praise the backwards, upward sky
The baby cry, the spirit food—
Praise canoe, the fish rush
The hole for frog, the upside-down—
Praise the day, the cloud cup
The mind flat, forget it all—
Praise crazy. Praise sad.
Praise the path on which we're led.
Praise the road...
2020-03-2003 minPoetry UnboundJoy Harjo — Praise the RainJoy Harjo’s poem “Praise the Rain” makes space to appreciate all the nuances of our lives. Echoing Rumi’s poem “The Guest House,” she asks us to be present to this moment — the crazy or the sad, the beginning or the end — to greet it all with the powerful word: “Praise.”A question to reflect on after you listen: What can you praise today?About the Poet:Joy Harjo is the 23rd poet laureate of the United States and a writer of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. She has written nine books of poetry, several plays...
2020-02-2807 min
New Mexico in Focus (A Production of NMPBS)Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, UNM Football Player Teton Saltes & Bosque del ApacheThis week on New Mexico in Focus, we celebrate Joy Harjo, a groundbreaking poet and New Mexico treasure. An enrolled member of the Muscogee Creek Nation in Oklahoma, Harjo went to school at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe and was both a student and faculty member at UNM. Earlier this year, she made history as the first Native American to be named a national poet laureate. She has written eight books of poetry, including her latest, “An American Sunrise.” Correspondent Megan Kamerick caught up with Harjo at a poetry reading in Santa Fe to talk abou...
2019-12-0257 min
Dive Into The Powerful Full Audiobook Now, Knowledge Hunters!Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings: Poems by Joy HarjoPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/418949to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings: Poems
Author: Joy Harjo
Narrator: Joy Harjo
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 1 hour 53 minutes
Release date: October 29, 2019
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
Genres: Poetry
Publisher's Summary:
A musical, magical, resilient volume from the first Native American Poet Laureate of the United States In these poems, the joys and struggles of the everyday are played against the grinding politics of being human. Beginning in a hotel room in the dark of a distant city, we travel through history and follow the memory of the Trail...
2019-10-291h 53
Don’t Miss The Most Critically-Acclaimed Full Audiobook Today!Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings by Joy HarjoPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/221618to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings
Author: Joy Harjo
Narrator: Joy Harjo
Format: mp3
Length: 1 hr and 53 mins
Release date: 10-29-19
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 376 ratings
Genres: Native American
Publisher's Summary:
In these poems, the joys and struggles of the everyday are played against the grinding politics of being human. Beginning in a hotel room in the dark of a distant city, we travel through history and follow the memory of the Trail of Tears from the bend in the Tallapoosa River to a place near the Arkansas River...
2019-10-291h 53Reveal Audiobooks Highlights — Concise And Crisp.Joy Harjo presents the Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings (Audiobook)Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/221618 to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings
Author: Joy Harjo
Narrator: Joy Harjo
Format: mp3
Length: 1 hr and 53 mins
Release date: 10-29-19
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 376 ratings
Genres: Native American
Publisher's Summary:
In these poems, the joys and struggles of the everyday are played against the grinding politics of being human. Beginning in a hotel room in the dark of a distant city, we travel through history and follow the memory of the Trail of Tears from the bend in...
2019-10-291h 53Unlock Top Full Audiobooks in Literature, PoetryConflict Resolution for Holy Beings: Poems by Joy HarjoPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/418949to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings: Poems
Author: Joy Harjo
Narrator: Joy Harjo
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 1 hour 53 minutes
Release date: October 29, 2019
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
Genres: Poetry
Publisher's Summary:
A musical, magical, resilient volume from the first Native American Poet Laureate of the United States In these poems, the joys and struggles of the everyday are played against the grinding politics of being human. Beginning in a hotel room in the dark of a distant city, we travel through history and follow the memory of the Trail...
2019-10-291h 53
Oprah's Super SoulJoy Harjo: An American SunriseThe first Native American to be named United States Poet Laureate, Joy Harjo discusses her tumultuous life, her career as an award-winning poet and her newest book of poetry, “An American Sunrise.” Joy also talks about reparations, universal connection, her native ancestors and our innate, self-protective instincts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
2019-10-0940 min
Begin: This Spellbinding Full Audiobook For Curious Minds.An American Sunrise: Poems by Joy HarjoPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/409328to listen full audiobooks.
Title: An American Sunrise: Poems
Author: Joy Harjo
Narrator: Joy Harjo
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 1 hour 41 minutes
Release date: August 13, 2019
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1
Genres: Poetry
Publisher's Summary:
A stunning new volume from the first Native American Poet Laureate of the United States, informed by her tribal history and connection to the land. In the early 1800s, the Mvskoke people were forcibly removed from their original lands east of the Mississippi to Indian Territory, which is now part of Oklahoma. Two hundred years...
2019-08-131h 41Unlock Top Full Audiobooks in Literature, PoetryAn American Sunrise: Poems by Joy HarjoPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/409328to listen full audiobooks.
Title: An American Sunrise: Poems
Author: Joy Harjo
Narrator: Joy Harjo
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 1 hour 41 minutes
Release date: August 13, 2019
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1
Genres: Poetry
Publisher's Summary:
A stunning new volume from the first Native American Poet Laureate of the United States, informed by her tribal history and connection to the land. In the early 1800s, the Mvskoke people were forcibly removed from their original lands east of the Mississippi to Indian Territory, which is now part of Oklahoma. Two hundred years...
2019-08-131h 41Close Talking: A Poetry PodcastEpisode #074 REBROADCAST: An American Sunrise - Joy HarjoREBROADCAST in honor of Joy Harjo's appointment as US Poet Laureate!
Connor and Jack discuss Joy Harjo's "An American Sunrise. Along the way Jack recommends a documentary, Connor gives his current hot take on form in poetry, and both think about the origins of blues, jazz, and rock and roll.
Check out Joy Harjo's latest book here: http://joyharjo.com/book/conflict-resolution-for-holy-beings/
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2019-07-2641 min
TulsaPeople Magazine2.8: The Homecoming — Joy HarjoFew people have created art across as many disciplines as Joy Harjo. Even fewer have achieved her level of success. The Tulsa native and member of the Muscogee Creek Nation is best known for her poetry, which she writes as "a voice of the indigenous people." Since the 1970s, she has published 12 books of poetry, which have won her myriad awards: the prestigious Ruth Lilly Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Josephine Miles Poetry Award, the William Carlos Williams Award, the American Indian Distinguished Achievement in the Arts Award, the American Library Association’s Notable Book of the Yea...
2019-04-1837 min
Close Talking: A Poetry PodcastEpisode #034 An American Sunrise - Joy HarjoConnor and Jack discuss Joy Harjo's "An American Sunrise. Along the way Jack recommends a documentary, Connor gives his current hot take on form in poetry, and both think about the origins of blues, jazz, and rock and roll.
Check out the poem below, or at this link: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/92063/an-american-sunrise
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2018-03-2440 min
UO TodayUO Today With Joy HarjoJoy Harjo, an enrolled member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, is a poet, musician, and author. She is the Professor and Chair of Excellence at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Harjo discusses and reads her poetry. Her eight books of poetry include the recent Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings, How We Became Human-New and Selected Poems: 1975–2001, and The Woman Who Fell From the Sky. Her memoir Crazy Brave, was published in 2012. On February 2nd, 2018 Harjo gave a poetry reading at the University of Oregon. Her visit to Eugene was in collaboration with the National Endowment for the Arts' Big Re...
2018-02-1528 min
HeroinePoetry & Listening {Joy Harjo}Do you ever rely on your intuition when you’re at a crossroads? Today’s guest has trusted in this power for most of her life, and it’s led her to where she is today. Joy Harjo is a poet, musician, and author, and an inspiring female figure among Native American artists and the broader poetry community. More about this episode: majomolfino.com/blog/2018/1/28/poetry-listening-with-joy-harjoJoy hit a major crossroads while taking her pre-med courses, where she had to decide whether to follow the more conventional path or commit herself to what she truly felt connec...
2017-11-3043 min
Lois P. JonesJoy Harjo on Poets CafeThe following interview of Joy Harjo by Lois P. Jones originally aired on KPFK Los Angeles (reproduced with permission). [download audio] Biographical Information—Joy Harjo Joy Harjo is an internationally known performer and writer of the Mvskoke/Creek Nation, the author of ten books of poetry and a memoir, Crazy Brave. A critically acclaimed poet, her many…Read More
2017-03-1000 min
The Paid to Play PodcastA Chat with an Artist: Joy Harjo – Episode 47My wife Vickie requested that I chat with Joy Harjo right in the early days of the podcast. Joy is one of the people Vickie truly admires; a poet whose works are just as often abstract free prose as they are traditionally-formed poetry. Joy and her work have both been acclaimed for years, her first published collection hit the shelves in 1980.
Joy doesn't define herself as a poet, though, nor a musician. She always grew up knowing that she would become an artist, and her quest to express the things beyond us all have led her not just to poetry a...
2015-06-2003 minThe Paid to Play PodcastA Chat with an Artist: Joy Harjo – Episode 47My wife Vickie requested that I chat with Joy Harjo right in the early days of the podcast. Joy is one of the people Vickie truly admires; a poet whose works are just as often abstract free prose as they are traditionally-formed poetry. Joy and her work have both been acclaimed for years, her first published collection hit the shelves in 1980.
Joy doesn't define herself as a poet, though, nor a musician. She always grew up knowing that she would become an artist, and her quest to express the things beyond us all have led her not just to poetry a...
2015-06-2000 min
2012 National Book FestivalJoy Harjo: 2012 National Book FestivalRob Casper from the Library of Congress speaks with poet Joy Harjo, who will appear at the 2012 Library of Congress National Book Festival on Sept. 22-23, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.BiographyJoy Harjo’s Muskogee Creek heritage has had a great influence on her poetry, as have her feminist and social interests. Harjo has received many honors, including the William Carlos Williams Award and the American Indian Distinguished Achievement in the Arts Award. She has received fellowships from the Arizona Commission on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts and th...
2012-09-0511 min