Joy Harjo was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma and is a member of the Mvskoke Nation. She is a Poet, Musician, and Playwright. She has 14 books of poetry and five ...
Joy Harjo was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and is a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. She earned her BA from the University of New Mexico and MFA from…
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Joy Harjo
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Joy Harjo 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. She was also only the second Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to have served three... Wikipedia
Born: May 9, 1951 (age 72 years), Tulsa, OK
Influenced by: Leslie Marmon Silko, Simon J. Ortiz, and Flannery O'Connor
Education: The University of Iowa (1978), The University of New Mexico (1976), and Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA)
Parents: Wynema Baker Foster and Allen W. Foster
Genre: Poetry, non-fiction, fiction
Books
Harjo is the author of ten books of poetry, and three children's books, The Good Luck Cat, For a Girl Becoming, and most recently, Remember (2023).
An op-ed by @JoyHarjoForReal of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, who served as 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States: The passing of an icon leaves an opening ...