2022 NEA Big Read Keynote with Joy Harjo

121 Lincoln Way E,Massillon OH 44646

05 May, 2022

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Join MassMu for the 2022 NEA Big Read Massillon Keynote with Joy Harjo, author of An American Sunrise, on Thursday, May 5, at 7:00pm. Join us at the Massillon Museum for the 2022 NEA Big Read Massillon Keynote with Joy Harjo, author of An American Sunrise. This free program will take place on Thursday, May 5, 2022, at 7:00pm in MassMu's Gessner Hall. Harjo's presentation will be followed by a book signing. Masks are required for attendees aged three and older. In 2019, Joy Harjo was appointed the 23rd United States Poet Laureate, the first Native American to hold the position and only the second person to serve three terms in the role. Harjo’s nine books of poetry include An American Sunrise, Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings, How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems, and She Had Some Horses. She is also the author of two memoirs, Crazy Brave and Poet Warrior, which invite us to travel along the heartaches, losses, and humble realizations of her "poet-warrior" road. She has edited several anthologies of Native American writing including When the Light of the World was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through — A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry, and Living Nations, Living Words, the companion anthology to her signature poet laureate project. Her many writing awards include the 2019 Jackson Prize from the Poetry Society of America, the Ruth Lilly Prize from the Poetry Foundation, the 2015 Wallace Stevens Award from the Academy of American Poets, and the William Carlos Williams Award from the Poetry Society of America. She is a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets, Board of Directors Chair of the Native Arts & Cultures Foundation, and holds a Tulsa Artist Fellowship. A renowned musician, Harjo performs with her saxophone nationally and internationally; her most recent album is I Pray For My Enemies. She lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Reserve your free ticket via MassMu's Eventbrite page, www.MassillonMuseum.org/Tickets, or call 330-833-4061. To learn more about the NEA Big Read in Massillon, visit www.MassillonMuseum.org/BigRead. The NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.