4 quotes
America has always been multicultural, before the term became ubiquitous, before colonization, and it will be after.
An Interview with Joy Harjo, U.S. Poet Laureate” in Poets.org (2019)
We must know the mythic structures that define us.
An Interview with Joy Harjo, U.S. Poet Laureate” in Poets.org (2019)
There were no Native names in the American book of poetry when I began writing poetry, though there are many.
An Interview with Joy Harjo, U.S. Poet Laureate” in Poets.org (2019)
Each of us is descended from poetry ancestors. It’s the same for any art, any occupation. There is a lineage of style, knowledge and culture passed from generation to generation, one artist to another. Ultimately all poetry is related in the family tree of poetry…
An Interview with Joy Harjo, U.S. Poet Laureate” in Poets.org (2019)