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Posted by: Robert Casper
Two new billboards featuring U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo in Duluth, Minnesota, have had a strong and positive impact on the community's BIPOC community, especially its youth. "It shows all of us that we can one day become a U.S. Poet Laureate or a nationally-known artist who people literally look up to."
Posted in: Guest Posts, Native American History, News and Events, Poets Laureate
Posted by: Anne Holmes
Poet Craig Santos Perez reflects on the event he organized for the Hawai‘i Book and Music Festival in October, which featured four Pacific Islander poets from Poet Laureate Joy Harjo's signature project, "Living Nations, Living Words."
Posted in: Collections, Guest Posts, Native American History, Poets Laureate
Posted by: Anne Holmes
Poet Jennifer Elise Foerster reflects on the reading and conversation course she led this fall, which explored the poetry of many of today’s Native Nations poets through Poet Laureate Joy Harjo’s signature project, “Living Nations, Living Words.”
Posted in: Collections, Digital Resources, Guest Posts, Native American History, Poets Laureate
Posted by: Anne Holmes
In honor of Native American Heritage Month, Manuscript Division curator Barbara Bair explores the life and work of poet and writer Jane Johnston Schoolcraft, known as the first major Native American woman writer in English.
Posted in: Collections, Guest Posts, Native American History, Poets Laureate
Posted by: Anne Holmes
The Library has just launched a guide to support teachers in the use of Poet Laureate Joy Harjo's “Living Nations, Living Words” project. We invite you to explore it with your students!
Posted in: Digital Resources, Guest Posts, Native American History, Poets Laureate
Posted by: Robert Casper
Join us for two events featuring U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo during Native American Heritage Month.
Posted in: Native American History, News and Events, Poets Laureate