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Joy Harjo (/ ˈ h ɑːr dʒ oʊ / HAR-joh; born May 9, 1951) 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.
Crazy Brave was written over the span of 14 years. Harjo's younger sibling has said that the violence perpetrated by Harjo's stepdad was extremely downplayed in the memoir. [12] Joy Harjo uses her memoir to talk about past traumas and abusive father figures. [13] Joy Harjo sectioned Crazy Brave into four-part, east, north, west, and south. [14]
Besides writing poetry, Harjo sings, plays saxophone and flute - she's recorded seven albums - and writes children's books, among other endeavors.
Robert Hass organized a watershed conference that brought together popular novelists, poets, and storytellers to talk about writing, nature, and community, and co-founded the River of Words K–12 international children's poetry and art contest. [5] Robert Pinsky initiated the Favorite Poem Project. Billy Collins's "Poetry 180" project ...
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In 2023, Goade collaborated with former U.S. poet laureate Joy Harjo on Remember, a picture book adaptation of Harjo’s poem of the same name. [18] Additionally, Goade was the cover artist for the young adult thriller, Warrior Girl Unearthed (2023) by Angeline Boulley. [19]
In its history the festival has featured some of the world's finest poets, spoken word artists singer/songwriters and other artists including Mark Doty (US), Ali Cobby Eckermann, Joy Harjo (US), Jennifer Maiden and Maxine Beneba Clarke in 2017; Tracy K. Smith (US), Jeet Thayil (India), Lionel Fogarty, Ivan Coyote (Canada) and Tishani Doshi ...