Joy Harjo

Joy Harjo

Known for

Writing

Born

May 9, 1951 (age 75)

Birthplace

Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

Biography

Joy Har­jo, the 23rd Poet Lau­re­ate of the U.S., is a mem­ber of the Mvskoke Nation and belongs to Oce Vpofv (Hick­o­ry Ground). She is only the second poet to be appoint­ed a third term as U.S. Poet Laureate. Born in Tul­sa, Okla­homa, she left home to attend high school at the inno­v­a­tive Insti­tute of Amer­i­can Indi­an Arts, which was then a Bureau of Indi­an Affairs school. Har­jo began writ­ing poet­ry as a mem­ber of the Uni­ver­si­ty of New Mexico’s Native stu­dent orga­ni­za­tion, the Kiva Club, in response to Native empow­er­ment move­ments. She went on to earn her MFA at the Iowa Writ­ers’ Work­shop and teach Eng­lish, Cre­ative Writ­ing, and Amer­i­can Indi­an Stud­ies at Uni­...

Best known work

Anthem
Anthem
2023
Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae
Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae
2024
A Thousand Roads
A Thousand Roads
2005
Imagining the Indian: The Fight Against Native American Mascoting
Imagining the Indian: The Fight Against Native American Mascoting
2021
Pepper's Pow Wow
Pepper's Pow Wow
1996
Love and Fury
Love and Fury
2020
Cara Romero: Following the Light
Cara Romero: Following the Light
2022
Jaune Quick-To-See Smith
Jaune Quick-To-See Smith
1982
Words from a Bear
Words from a Bear
2019
Medicine Woman
Medicine Woman
2016

Filmography

  1. TBA

    Khonsay: Poem of Many Tongues

    as Self

  2. 2025

  3. 2024

    Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie MaeTV

    as Self - 23rd U.S. Poet Laureate (4 episodes)

  4. 2023

    Anthem

    as Self

  5. 2022

  6. 2021

  7. 2020

    Love and Fury

    as Herself

  8. 2019

  9. 2016

    Medicine Woman

    as Self - Narrator (voice)

  10. 2011

  11. 2005

  12. 1996

  13. 1994

  14. 1982

    Jaune Quick-To-See Smith

    as Narrative Poetry, Production Assistant

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