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Tag: joy harjo

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First Native American poet laureate begins third term, releases a memoir

by Julia Thompson Sep 28, 2021Sep 28, 2021

Joy Harjo of Oklahoma, the first Native American woman to serve as the nation’s poet laureate, has begun her third term – an honor previously bestowed only once. Robert Pinsky was the first U.S. poet laureate to serve a third term, in 1999. “Throughout the pandemic, Joy Harjo has shown how poetry can help steady […]

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