Living Nations, Living Words (ed. Joy Harjo)

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Living Nations, Living Worlds

An Anthology of First Peoples Poetry

Collected by Joy Harjo, 23rd U.S. Poet Laureate

I didn’t know until the last few years that the Poet Laureate was actually selected by the Library of Congress. Seems like a much better selection process than having politicians decide these things (as happens in Oregon as far as I can tell).

I mention this, in part, in case anyone was wondering how the first Native Poet Laureate was appointed during the Trump presidency.

This collection of poetry is a book form of a project that Joy pursued mapping Native poets from across the country.

I always think of anthologies like this as a way of discovering new voices first and foremost, and so I will provide below a list of links to more information about my favorite newly discovered poets from this collection.

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