‘We have to gather’: Joy Harjo discusses Native poetry, importance of diversity, equity and inclusion
Joy
Harjo joined OU English professor Jake Skeets for a conversation about
Native American writers and literature in Copeland Hall’s Native Nations
Center on Tuesday.
Harjo, an author, musician and member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, served three terms as the 23rd U.S. Poet Laureate, being the first Native American to hold the position. Harjo has received the Poetry Society of America's 2024 Frost Medal, Yale's 2023 Bollingen Prize for American Poetry and a National Humanities Medal.
Harjo has written 10 poetry books and released seven music albums. Last year, Harjo received the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication’s Lumine Lifetime Achievement Award.
‘We have to gather’: Joy Harjo discusses Native poetry, importance of diversity, equity and inclusion
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