Harjo, Joy, 1951-

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Joy Harjo (born Joy Foster, on May 9, 1951, Tulsa, Oklahoma) is a poet, musician, and author. She is a member of the Muscogee Nation. She studied at the Institute of American Indian Arts, completed her undergraduate degree at University of New Mexico in 1976, and earned an M.F.A. at the University of Iowa in its Creative Writing Program.

In 2019, Harjo was named the United States Poet Laureate. She is the first Native American to be so appointed. She is also the second United States Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to serve three terms.

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referencedIn Christopher Felver Photograph Collection, 2008-2009 The University of New Mexico, University Libraries, Center for SouthwestResearch
referencedIn Records of, Sojourner, (inclusive), (bulk), 1920-2004, 1975-2002 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Jordan, June, 1936-2002. Papers, 1936-2002 (inclusive), 1954-2002 (bulk). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Harjo, Joy : [miscellaneous ephemeral material]. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
referencedIn Cynthia Farah Writers of the Southwest Photograph Collection, 1980-1988 The University of New Mexico, University Libraries, Center for SouthwestResearch
referencedIn Harjo, Joy. Office files of The American Poetry Review, 1994. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Felver, Christopher, 1946-. Christopher Felver Photograph Collection [electronic resource]. The Heard Museum Library
referencedIn David Dunaway Writing the Southwest research and recordings, 1976-2005 The University of New Mexico, University Libraries, Center for SouthwestResearch
referencedIn Haines, Cynthia Farah, 1949-. Cynthia Farah Writers of the Southwest Photograph Collection [picture]. University of New Mexico-Main Campus
referencedIn Jordan, June, 1936-2002. Videotape collection of June Jordan [videorecording]. Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Felver, Christopher, 1946-. Christopher Felver Photograph Collection [picture]. University of New Mexico-Main Campus
referencedIn Smith, Annick, 1936-. Annick Smith papers, 1940-2000and undated. Texas Tech University Libraries, Academic Library
referencedIn Lee Marmon Pictorial Collection, 1936-2010 The University of New Mexico, University Libraries, Center for SouthwestResearch
referencedIn Annick Smith Papers, R 9. 1., 1940-2000 and undated Southwest Collection/Special Collections Libary, Texas Tech University
referencedIn James Welch papers, 1889-2006, 1960-2003 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Woodberry Poetry Room (Harvard College Library) poetry readings, 1931- (ongoing). Woodberry Poetry Room, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
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