An Evening with Joy Harjo
Date and Time: February 23, 2022, 7:00 PM CT
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Joy Harjo, 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States and internationally renowned performer and writer of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, will give a special online presentation on February 23, 2022, at 7:00 pm. Register for the livestream event here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/JoyHarjo
An Evening with Joy Harjo is presented by Humanities Kansas, in partnership with Haskell Indian Nations University, the Lawrence Public Library, the Hall Center for the Humanities at the University of Kansas, the Raven Book Store, and the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation.
Joy Harjo is first Native American to be named Poet Laureate of the United States. She is the author of nine books of poetry, including the highly acclaimed An American Sunrise, several plays and children's books, and two memoirs, Crazy Brave and Poet Warrior, her many honors include the Ruth Lily Prize for Lifetime Achievement from the Poetry Foundation, the Academy of American Poets Wallace Stevens Award, two NEA fellowships, and a Guggenheim Fellowship.
An Evening with Joy Harjo is part of the Democracy and the Informed Citizen initiative, a partnership between the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Federation of State Humanities Councils to support public programming that explores the role of humanities in fostering an informed citizenry.
Sponsored by: Humanities Kansas
For more information about this event, please contact:
Kristin Soper
(785) 843-3833 x122
http://www.lawrencepubliclibrary.org