The following post was written by Rob Casper and Anne Holmes and originally appeared in From the Catbird Seat: Poetry & Literature at the Library of Congress.
It’s a celebratory time for Joy Harjo: the Librarian of Congress has just appointed our poet laureate to serve a third term in the position. Joy is only the second poet in the history of the laureateship to do so, and with this third term (to begin in September 2021) she will hopefully be able to return to traveling across the country to read her work and champion poetry.