QUICK INFO:

COST: Free and Open to the Public!

WHERE: Edwards Auditorium, 64 Upper College Road, Kingston, RI 02881

WHEN: Wednesday, October 28th, 5:00pm

LIVE STREAM: URI Arts & Sciences Youtube

PARKING: Parking Passes Available Here (click “English & Creative Writing” and then click “Joy Harjo Poetry Reading”) Parking Map Available Here

FULL PRESS RELEASE: Feat. Dr. Martha Rojas

Joy Harjo is a three-term U.S. Poet Laureate, acclaimed multidisciplinary artist of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, and National Humanities Medalist. Harjo’s work includes highly esteemed collections of both poetry and prose, and the author is an internationally renowned musician and performer. As part of her signature Poet Laureate project, Living Nations, Living Words, Harjo edited three anthologies of Native American literature. Her book An American Sunrise (2019) was part of the National Endowment for the Arts Big Read Project for America250.

Harjo’s newest poetry collection, Cloud Runner (W.W. Norton & Company) was released this month. The author will be giving a poetry reading and book signing in Edwards Auditorium, where copies of her books will be for sale. The event is free and open to the public.