CANYON, Texas (KFDA) – Amarillo College will host acclaimed poet, musician and playwright Joy Harjo for a public lecture at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 26 in the AC Concert Hall Theatre.
Harjo, a member of the Muscogee Nation, served as the 23rd U.S. Poet Laureate from 2019 to 2022. She has won numerous prestigious awards, including the 2024 Frost Medal from the Poetry Society of America and the 2023 Bollingen Prize for American Poetry.
The author of 11 poetry collections, Harjo is also an accomplished musician who has released seven albums. She edited three major anthologies of Native American literature…