Lannan Readings & Conversations
Joy Harjo
Wednesday October 12 2005
Introduction by Walter Dasheno, October 12, 2005
Joy Harjo Reading, October 12, 2005
Simon Ortiz Reading, October 12, 2005
Leslie Marmon Silko Reading, October 12, 2005
Conversation with Simon Ortiz and Leslie Marmon Silko, October 12, 2005
Entire event in one stream
Joy Harjo was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma and is a member of the Mvskoke (Creek) Tribe. She came to New Mexico to attend the Institute of American Indian Arts where she studied painting and theatre.
Later she received her undergraduate degree from the University of New Mexico followed by an M.F.A. from the University of Iowa. The author of seven books, she says she began writing poetry "when the national Indian political climate demanded singers and speakers," and was taken by the intensity and beauty possible in the craft.
