JOY HARJO is the United States poet laureate. She is the first Native American to hold the position and only the second person to serve three terms in the role. Harjo’s nine books of poetry include An American Sunrise, Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings, How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems, and She Had Some Horses. She is also the author of two memoirs, Crazy Brave and Poet Warrior. She has edited several anthologies of Native American writing, including Living Nations, Living Words, the companion anthology to her signature poet laureate project. Her many awards include the Jackson Prize and the William Carlos Williams Award from the Poetry Society of America, the Ruth Lilly Prize from the Poetry Foundation, and the Wallace Stevens Award from the Academy of American Poets. She is also a renowned musician, and her most recent album is I Pray for My Enemies. She lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Joy Harjo's featured book is: 'Poet Warrior'
If you purchase a festival ticket (on the SFLF website) that is INCLUSIVE of the author's featured book, you will receive that book upon check-in for that event at the festival.
If you purchase the book directly through Collected Works, your book will be available for pickup at 202 Galisteo St (inside the brick and mortar bookstore, including during the festival).