EIU Booth Library

Author spotlight with Joy Harjo

Posted on September 30th, 2020

This is one of a series of programs for the National Endowment for the Arts’ Big Read. Booth Library and many campus and community partners are sponsoring programming through April 2021 about the book “An American Sunrise,” by U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo.

Virtual presentation; link to be provided
Part of the Lions in Winter festival sponsored by the EIU Department of English
Co-sponsored by Broward County Library, Florida
Free and open to the public

Joy Harjo is author of our Big Read selection, “An American Sunrise.” In this program, she will discuss her poetry and its inspiration from the Mvskoke/Creek Nation. A question-and-answer period is planned.

In 2019, Harjo was appointed the 23rd United States Poet Laureate, the first Native American to hold the position. Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Harjo is an internationally known award-winning poet, writer, performer, and saxophone player of the Mvskoke/Creek Nation.

NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.