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 HarjoWeaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light: Fifty Poems for Fifty Years
Joy HarjoMankiller Poems
Wilma MankillerPoet Warrior: A Memoir
Joy HarjoLiving Nations, Living Words: An Anthology of First Peoples Poetry
Joy HarjoWhen the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry
Joy HarjoAn American Sunrise: Poems
Joy HarjoWings of Night Sky, Wings of Morning Light
Joy HarjoConflict Resolution for Holy Beings: Poems
Joy HarjoSoul Talk, Song Language
Joy HarjoCrazy Brave: A Memoir
Joy HarjoWomen of Color Pray
Christal M. JacksonShe Had Some Horses: Poems
Joy HarjoWinter in the Blood
James WelchHow We Became Human: New and Selected Poems 1975-2002
Joy HarjoA Map to the Next World: Poems and Tales
Joy HarjoThe Woman Who Fell from the Sky: Poems
Joy Harjo