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Latest News: Joy Harjo Named Poet Laureate

June 19, 2019
Latest News: Joy Harjo Named Poet Laureate

Joy Harjo has been named Poet Laureate of the United States. Photo by Shawn Miller

Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden today announced the appointment of Joy Harjo as the nation’s 23rd Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for 2019-2020. Harjo will take up her duties in the fall, opening the Library’s annual literary season on Sept. 19 with a reading of her work in the Coolidge Auditorium.

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