Summary: <p><strong>Joy Harjo</strong> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">/ˈhɑːrdʒoʊ/</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>HAR-joh</em></a>; born May 9, 1951) is an American poet, musician, playwright, and author. She is the incumbent <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Poet_Laureate" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">United States Poet Laureate</a>, the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Native American</a> to hold that honor. She is also only the second Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to serve three terms. Harjo is a member of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscogee_Nation" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Muscogee Nation</a> (Este Mvskokvlke) and belongs to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oce_Vpofv" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Oce Vpofv</a> (Hickory Ground).<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy_Harjo#cite_note-About-Poets-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[1]</a> She is an important figure in the second wave of the literary <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_American_Renaissance" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Native American Renaissance</a> of the late 20th century. She studied at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_American_Indian_Arts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Institute of American Indian Arts</a>, completed her undergraduate degree at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_New_Mexico" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">University of New Mexico</a> in 1976, and earned an MFA at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Iowa" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">University of Iowa</a> in its creative writing program.</p><br><p><strong>--Bio via Wikipedia</strong></p><br><hr><p style="color:grey;font-size:0.75em;"> See <a style="color:grey;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>
