For centuries, Native poetry has been preserved by the spoken word. So when a team of editors were putting together a new anthology of Native poetry, with U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo among them, they ...

Alaskan Native poet Joan Naviyuk Kane’s poems grow from one word. In the case of the poem “Compass,” that word is “Uaałukitaaqtuq,” an Inupiaq word that describes the feeling of being “in a boat, and ...

Joy Harjo, the first Native American U.S. poet laureate, tells TIME about her new book, ‘An American Sunrise,’ and the state of poetry. You found your voice as a poet in 1973, a time when a lot of ...

In this June 6, 2019 photo, Joy Harjo, of the United States, poses inside the Library of Congress, in Washington. Harjo has been named the country’s next poet laureate, becoming the first Native ...

When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through collects the work of more than 160 poets. "A poem opens up time, it opens up... Anthology Of Native Nations Poetry Is A 'Doorway,' Says ...

EAST LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – November is Native American Heritage Month, which inspired Rosalie Sanar Petrouske, a board member for the Lansing Poetry Club, to host the “We are the Wind Native ...

ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM — Chambers of England, an imprint of John Murray Press, part of Hodder & Stoughton Ltd., has published an anthology of poetry in languages identified as endangered. The ...

Joy Harjo, the first Native American to be named U.S. poet laureate, has been ready for a long time. "I've been an unofficial poetry ambassador — on the road for poetry for years," the 68-year-old ...

U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo has authored numerous books of poetry, two children's books and a memoir, Crazy Brave. She is a mem­ber of the Mvskoke Nation. As U.S. poet laureate Joy Harjo was working ...