Joy Harjo

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Born	May 9, 1951 (age 73) • Tulsa • Oklahoma
Title / Office	poet laureate (2019-2022)
Notable Works	“A Map to the Next World: Poetry and Tales” • “An American Sunrise” • “Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings” • “Fishing” • “How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems” • “In Mad Love and War” • “Secrets from the Center of the World” • “She Had Some Horses” • “The Last Song” • “The Woman Who Fell from the Sky” • “What Moon Drove Me to This?”

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