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Joy Harjo

Joy Harjo is a member of the Mvskoke Nation. She is the author of several poetry collections, memoirs, children’s books, and music albums. She is the recipient of many awards for her creative work, including a National Humanities Medal. She lives in Oklahoma.

Joy Harjo

Awards

Winner — PEN/Open Book Award, 2002

Winner — Oklahoma Book Award, 2003

Winner — Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association Reading the West Book Award, 2021

Longlisted — ALA Carnegie Medal, 2022

Winner — Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association Reading the West Book Award, 2022

Winner — Bollingen Prize for American Poetry, 2023

Winner — Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association Reading the West Book Award, 2023

Books by Joy Harjo

The Woman Who Fell from the Sky: Poems
Joy Harjo
Paperback, 1996
Joy Harjo, one of this country's foremost Native American voices, combines elements of storytelling, prayer, and song, informed by her interest in jazz and by her North American tribal background,...
A Map to the Next World: Poems and Tales
Joy Harjo
Paperback, 2001
"This breathtakingly honest collection of writings is alive with deeply felt and beautifully expressed emotions."—Wilma Mankiller
How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems 1975-2002
Joy Harjo
Paperback, 2009
Over a quarter-century's work from the 2003 winner of the Arrell Gibson Award for Lifetime Achievement.
She Had Some Horses: Poems
Joy Harjo
Paperback, 2009
A new edition of the beloved volume by Joy Harjo, one of our foremost Native American poets.
Crazy Brave: A Memoir
Joy Harjo
Paperback, 2013
A “raw and honest” (Los Angeles Review of Books) memoir from the first Native American Poet Laureate of the United States.
Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings: Poems
Joy Harjo
Paperback, 2017
A musical, magical, resilient volume from one of the most celebrated Native American voices.
An American Sunrise: Poems
Joy Harjo
Hardback, 2019
National Bestseller

A stunning new volume from the first Native American Poet Laureate of the United States, informed by her tribal history and connection to the land.
When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry
Joy Harjo, LeAnne Howe, Jennifer Elise Foerster
Paperback, 2020
The first historically comprehensive Native poetry anthology, without which no study of American poetry is complete.
An American Sunrise: Poems
Joy Harjo
Paperback, 2020
A stunning new volume from the first Native American Poet Laureate of the United States, informed by her tribal history and connection to the land.
Living Nations, Living Words: An Anthology of First Peoples Poetry
Joy Harjo, Carla D. Hayden, The Library of Congress
Paperback, 2021
A powerful, moving anthology that celebrates the breadth of Native American poets writing today.