Bio
Joy Harjo is an internationally renowned performer and writer of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. She is serving her second term as the 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States. The author of nine books of poetry, including the highly acclaimed An American Sunrise, several plays and children's books, and two memoirs, Crazy Brave and Poet Warrior, her many honors include the Ruth Lily Prize for Lifetime Achievement from the Poetry Foundation, the Academy of American Poets Wallace Stevens Award, two NEA fellowships, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. As a musician and performer, Harjo has produced seven award-winning music albums including her newest, I Pray for My Enemies. She is a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets, Board of Directors Chair of the Native Arts & Cultures Foundation, and is the first Artist-in-Residence for Tulsa's Bob Dylan Center. She lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma.Joy Harjo Books
Washing My Mother's Body
Joy HarjoWashita Love Child
Douglas K. MillerThe Woman Who Fell from the Sky
Joy HarjoWeaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light
Joy HarjoMankiller Poems
Wilma MankillerLiving Nations, Living Words
Joy HarjoWhen the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through
Joy HarjoAn American Sunrise
Joy HarjoWings of Night Sky, Wings of Morning Light
Joy HarjoConflict Resolution for Holy Beings
Joy HarjoSoul Talk, Song Language
Joy HarjoHow We Became Human
Joy HarjoShe Had Some Horses
Joy HarjoA Map to the Next World
Joy HarjoWomen of Color Pray
Christal M. JacksonWinter in the Blood
James Welch