First American Poetry

The Brian Lehrer Show | Aug 25, 2020

Joy Harjo, performer and writer, the first Native American U.S. Poet Laureate, member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and the editor of When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry  (W. W. Norton & Company, 2020), talks about her work as U.S. Poet Laureate and the new collection of the works of 160 indigenous poets.

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