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Joy Harjo
A Ritual of Remembrance: Joy Harjo on the Aftermath of Her Mother’s Death
From Dana Tiger’s Illustrated Adaptation of the Poem, “Washing My Mother’s Body”
By
Joy Harjo
| May 9, 2025
Joy Harjo on Being a Poet and Witness to History
From Her Acceptance Speech for the Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award at The National Book Critics Circle Awards
By
Joy Harjo
| April 10, 2023
Joy Harjo on Listening and Writing with Intention
"The practice is ongoing."
By
Joy Harjo
| October 14, 2022
Joy Harjo on the Poetic Lyricism and Subversive Native Storytelling of James Welch
In Praise of the 1974 Novel
Winter in the Blood
By
Joy Harjo
| February 25, 2021
Joy Harjo on the Diverse, Groundbreaking World of Indigenous Poetry
A New Anthology Celebrates Familial and Poetry Ancestors
By
Joy Harjo
| August 26, 2020
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