Joy Harjo studied at the University of New Mexico and received an MFA from the University of Iowa. Her rich multicultural lineage–Harjo’s mother was part Cherokee, French, and Irish; her father was ...

Former U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo gives an inspiring talk and reading at 4 p.m. March 23 in the Great Hall at Crystal Bridges. Harjo's visit is part of a series of events to mark the closing of ...

U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo speaks at One Book One Region. We are in a time of great distress, U.S. Poet Laureate and Crazy Brave author Joy Harjo told hundreds of members of the Connecticut College ...

(Paul Morigi/AP Images for the Smithsonian ... After an opening poem by U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, the symposium will bring together Native advocates, attorneys, scholars, writers, and ...