Joy Harjo

About

Joy Harjo is an American poet, musician, playwright, and author. She served as the 23rd United States poet laureate from 2019 to 2022, the first Native American to hold that honor. She was also only the second Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to have served three terms. Harjo is a seventh-generation Monahwee daughter. Additionally, Harjo is a citizen of the Muscogee Nation and belongs to Oce Vpofv. She is an important figure in the second wave of the literary Native American Renaissance of the late 20th century. She studied at the Institute of American Indian Arts, completed her undergraduate degree at University of New Mexico in 1976, and earned an MFA degree at the University of Iowa in its creative writing program.

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Top Tracks

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   Fear Song

   Native Joy for Real

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   Calling the Spirit Back

   I Pray for My Enemies

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   I Pray for My Enemies

   Insomnia and Seven Steps to Grace

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   Insomnia and Seven Steps to Grace

   Insomnia and Seven Steps to Grace

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   How Love Blows Through the Trees

   I Pray for My Enemies

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   Rabbit Is Up to Tricks

   Insomnia and Seven Steps to Grace

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   Mahk Jchi 2026

   Insomnia and Seven Steps to Grace

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   Stomp All Night

   Insomnia and Seven Steps to Grace

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   Without

   Insomnia and Seven Steps to Grace

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    Fear Redux

    Insomnia and Seven Steps to Grace

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