Joy Harjo

UNITED STATES POET LAUREATE JOY HARJO NAMED FIRST ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE AT TULSA'S BOB DYLAN CENTER® IN ADVANCE OF GRAND OPENING ON MAY 10

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, January 19, 2022
Library, National Endowment for the Arts, Publication, Guggenheim Fellowship, American Folklife Center, Lifetime, BDC, Ephemera, Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Woody Guthrie Center, Collection, Poetry, Native Arts and Cultures Foundation, Creativity, Element, The arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, Joy Harjo, Education, College of the Muscogee Nation, Living National Treasure (Japan), Congress, Poetry Foundation, List of lifetime achievement awards, Academy, Academy of American Poets, Life, Archive, Artist-in-residence, Investment, Tourism, Music

TULSA, Okla., Jan. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --United States Poet Laureate Joy Harjo has been named the first Artist-In-Residence at the Bob Dylan Center (BDC), in advance of its much-anticipated grand opening on May 10.

Key Points: 
  • TULSA, Okla., Jan. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --United States Poet Laureate Joy Harjo has been named the first Artist-In-Residence at the Bob Dylan Center (BDC), in advance of its much-anticipated grand opening on May 10.
  • "As a poet, musician, playwright and author, Joy Harjo exemplifies artistry and brings light to the world through her work," Higgins said.
  • Images of Joy Harjo can be downloaded here:
    Appointed in 2020 to a rare third term as 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States, Joy Harjo is an internationally renowned performer and writer of the Muscogee Nation.
  • Part of the George Kaiser Family Foundation, the American Song Archives operates the Woody Guthrie Center and the future Bob Dylan Center, and preserves and maintains the archives of these and other important American artists.

Broward County Library's NEA Big Read 2021 Features Poet Laureate Joy Harjo

Retrieved on: 
Friday, December 4, 2020
Writers, Cherokee people, Joy Harjo, Muscogee people, American writers, Literature, National Endowment for the Arts, Arts Midwest, Kevin Locke, NEA, Poet laureate

BROWARD COUNTY, Fla., Dec. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Broward County Library presents NEA Big Read 2021 in January 2021, featuring the bookAn American Sunrise: PoemsbyJoy Harjo,United States Poet Laureate.

Key Points: 
  • BROWARD COUNTY, Fla., Dec. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Broward County Library presents NEA Big Read 2021 in January 2021, featuring the bookAn American Sunrise: PoemsbyJoy Harjo,United States Poet Laureate.
  • NEA Big Read 2021 events include a special " NEA Big Read: A Conversation with Joy Harjo " presentation on January 30, 2021 from 2-3PM, EST as well as poetry and art workshops, interactive and American Sign Language book discussions and more.
  • NEA Big Read 2021 kicks off with a special online event, "Celebrating Indigenous Peoples" with Lakota and Anishinaabe storyteller, educator, hoop dancer and recording artist Kevin Locke on January 7, 2021, from 2-3PM, EST.
  • NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in Partnership with Arts Midwest.

Poetry Foundation Announces 2020 Pegasus Awards Winners, Marilyn Chin Awarded Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, August 25, 2020
American writers, Literature, Writers, Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, Poetry Foundation, Joy Harjo, Naomi Shihab Nye, Marilyn Nelson, In poetry

CHICAGO, Aug. 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --The Poetry Foundation announces Marilyn Chin as the winner of the 2020 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize , Saskia Hamilton as winner of the 2020 Pegasus Award for Poetry Criticism , and the extension of Naomi Shihab Nye's tenure as Young People's Poet Laureate.

Key Points: 
  • CHICAGO, Aug. 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --The Poetry Foundation announces Marilyn Chin as the winner of the 2020 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize , Saskia Hamilton as winner of the 2020 Pegasus Award for Poetry Criticism , and the extension of Naomi Shihab Nye's tenure as Young People's Poet Laureate.
  • The Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize annually honors a living US poet with an award of $100,000 in recognition of their outstanding lifetime achievement.
  • First awarded in 1986 to Adrienne Rich, the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize has been awarded to poets including Philip Levine, Lucille Clifton, Donald Hall, Joy Harjo, Martn Espada, and most recently Marilyn Nelson.
  • The Poetry Foundation, publisher of Poetry magazine, is an independent literary organization committed to a vigorous presence for poetry in American culture.