Joy Harjo - US' First Native American Poet Laureate, An American Sunrise

 OFFSITE: Please note this event will take place at the Museum of Contemporary Native American Art (MoCNA).

Joy Harjo, the first Native American United States Poet Laureate, will perform and read from her new publication, An American Sunrise, as well as from a selection of her other works, Conflict Resolution, Crazy Brave and more. Harjo’s publications will be on sale at the event. 

Joy Harjo, poet, musician, and author, was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma and is a member of the Mvskoke Nation. Her seven books of poetry, which include such well-known titles as How We Became Human- New and Selected Poems, The Woman Who Fell From the Sky, and She Had Some Horses, have garnered many awards. These include the New Mexico Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Native Writers Circle of the Americas; and the William Carlos Williams Award from the Poetry Society of America.