Film, Video Joy Harjo: National Book Festival 2020
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Title
- Joy Harjo: National Book Festival 2020
Summary
- Joy Harjo is the 23rd and current United States Poet Laureate -- the first Native American to receive the honor. A member of the Muskogee (Creek) nation, her most recent poetry collection is "An American Sunrise: Poems" (Norton), from which she here reads the poem "Running." Her recent anthology is "When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry" (Norton).
Event Date
- September 26, 2020
Running Time
- 6 minutes 16 seconds
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