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Indigenous Identity in Diaspora Series Presents Mvskoke-Creek Poet & Musician Joy Harjo
Wednesday, 05/14/08 19:00 - 20:30
  • Indigenous Identity in Diaspora presents an evening of poetry and music with Joy Harjo, Native American poet, writer, academic, musician and activist.
  • Brief Q&A and book signing to follow
Join Indigenous Identity in Diaspora for an evening of poetry and music with Joy Harjo, Native American poet, writer, academic, musician, and activist.Harjo uses Native American symbolism, imagery, history, and ideas set within a universal context. Her poetry deals with social and personal issues, notably feminism, and with music, particularly jazz. She has received the Eagle Spirit Achievement Award for overall contributions in the arts, from the American Indian Film Festival. She performs internationally solo and with her band Joy Harjo and the Arrow Dynamics Band (for which she sings and plays saxophone), and premiered a preview of her one-woman show, Wings of Night Sky, Wings of Morning Light at the Public Theater in NYC in December 07. She writes a column “Comings and Goings” for her tribal newspaper, the Muscogee Nation News. She lives in Honolulu, HI and Albuquerque, NM. Brief Q&A and book signing to follow. Author's suggested reading, How We Became Human, New and Selected Poems: 1975-2001, available at Campus Bookstore. They will also have texts for sale on site.
Sponsoring group: Co-sponsored by MEChA & The Guiding Concilio del Centro Chicano, The Program in Creative Writing, The LGBT Community Resource Center, Department of Drama, Center for Studies in Race & Ethnicity, Native American Studies, Native American Cultural Center, Wo
Event location
Bldg 110, Room 111-O
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URL for Newsletter: http://www.stanford.edu/dept/femstudies/diaspora