Congratulations to our new U.S. Poet Laureate, Joy Harjo!
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Harjo at “Legacies: A Conversation with Sandra Cisneros, Rita Dove, and Joy Harjo”, 2017 courtesy of Gage Skidmore under CC BY-SA 2.0
“I can hear the sizzle of newborn stars, and know anything of meaning, of the fierce magic emerging here. I am witness to flexible eternity, the evolving past, and I know we will live forever, as dust or breath in the face of stars, in the shifting pattern of winds.”Joy Harjo, Secrets from the Center of the World
I don’t think I’ve seen Laureate news spread as quickly as this announcement today by the Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden: that is, the appointment of Joy Harjo as the nation’s 23rd Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for 2019-2020. Harjo will take up her duties in the fall, opening the Library’s annual literary season on Sept. 19 with a reading of her work in the Coolidge Auditorium.
Harjo is…
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Thank you for sharing Walt….
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My pleasure Ivor. 🙂
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I shared this on my author page, today! How awesome is this!! 🙂
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What a great accomplishment! 🙂❤️
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It’s very cool. 🙂 ❤
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Long overdue for a Native American to be chosen. 😎💛
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Agreed! ❤
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Very cool.
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A great accomplishment 🙂
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