An Evening with Joy Harjo, LeAnne Howe, and Jennifer Foerster
An Evening with Joy Harjo, LeAnne Howe, and Jennifer Foerster
Reading Date: Thursday, October 29, 2020
- Welcome
- Introduction for When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry
- Introduction for LeAnne Howe
- Opening Remarks
- "Simplicity"
- "Nanih Waiya Cave"
- "Noble Savage Sees a Therapist"
- Introduction for Jennifer Elise Foerster
- Opening Remarks
- "To the Pine Tree"
- "Marshlands"
- "Man Hesitates but Life Urges"
- "Earthquake Weather"
- "Notes from Coosa"
- Introduction for Joy Harjo
- Opening Remarks
- "Prayer Song Asking for a Whale"
- "An Agony of Place"
- On Moses Jumper's "Simplicity"
- "Wi'-Gi-E"
- "Running"
- Question and Answer Session
Welcome-28639
by Diana Delgado
Introduction for When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry-28685
by Bojan Louis
Introduction for LeAnne Howe-28687
by Diana Delgado
Opening Remarks-28689
by LeAnne Howe
"Simplicity"-28691
Read by LeAnne Howe. Differs slightly from published version.
Annotation:
Jumper, Moses, Jr. When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry. Edited by Joy Harjo, LeAnne Howe, and Jennifer Elise Foerster. W.W. Norton & Company, 2020, p. 394.
"Nanih Waiya Cave"-28693
Read by LeAnne Howe. Differs slightly from published version.
Annotation:
Mann, Lara. When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry. Edited by Joy Harjo, LeAnne Howe, and Jennifer Elise Foerster. W.W. Norton & Company, 2020, p. 416-17.
"Noble Savage Sees a Therapist"-28695
Howe, LeAnne. When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry. Edited by Joy Harjo, LeAnne Howe, and Jennifer Elise Foerster. W.W. Norton & Company, 2020, p. 395.
Introduction for Jennifer Elise Foerster-28697
by Diana Delgado
Opening Remarks-28699
by Jennifer Elise Foerster
"To the Pine Tree"-28701
Read by Jennifer Elise Foerster.
Annotation:
Schoolcraft, Jane Johnston. When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry. Edited by Joy Harjo, LeAnne Howe, and Jennifer Elise Foerster. W.W. Norton & Company, 2020, p. 22.
"Marshlands"-28703
Read by Jennifer Elise Foerster.
Annotation:
Johnson, Emily Pauline. When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry. Edited by Joy Harjo, LeAnne Howe, and Jennifer Elise Foerster. W.W. Norton & Company, 2020, p. 25-26.
"Man Hesitates but Life Urges"-28705
Read by Jennifer Elise Foerster.
Annotation:
McNickle, D'Arcy. When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry. Edited by Joy Harjo, LeAnne Howe, and Jennifer Elise Foerster. W.W. Norton & Company, 2020, p. 105-06.
"Earthquake Weather"-28707
Read by Jennifer Elise Foerster.
Annotation:
Gould, Janice. When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry. Edited by Joy Harjo, LeAnne Howe, and Jennifer Elise Foerster. W.W. Norton & Company, 2020, p. 301-02.
"Notes from Coosa"-28709
Foerster, Jennifer Elise. "Notes from Coosa." The Georgia Review, vol. 74, no. 1, Spring 2020.
Introduction for Joy Harjo-28711
by Diana Delgado
Opening Remarks-28713
by Joy Harjo
"Prayer Song Asking for a Whale"-28715
Read by Joy Harjo.
Annotation:
Blassi, Lincoln. When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry. Edited by Joy Harjo, LeAnne Howe, and Jennifer Elise Foerster. W.W. Norton & Company, 2020, p. 186.
"An Agony of Place"-28717
Read by Joy Harjo.
Annotation:
Trask, Haunani-Kay. When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry. Edited by Joy Harjo, LeAnne Howe, and Jennifer Elise Foerster. W.W. Norton & Company, 2020, p. 213-14.
On Moses Jumper's "Simplicity"-28719
by Joy Harjo
"Wi'-Gi-E"-28721
Read by Joy Harjo. Differs slightly from published version.
Annotation:
Paschen, Elise. When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry. Edited by Joy Harjo, LeAnne Howe, and Jennifer Elise Foerster. W.W. Norton & Company, 2020, p. 138-39.
"Running"-28723
Harjo, Joy. When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry. Edited by Joy Harjo, LeAnne Howe, and Jennifer Elise Foerster. W.W. Norton & Company, 2020, p. 400.
Question and Answer Session-28725
with Diana Delgado, Jennifer Elise Foerster, Joy Harjo, and LeAnne Howe
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Series: Institute for Inquiry and Poetics
Sponsor(s): UA Poetry Center
Location(s): Online event
LeAnne Howe, Jennifer Elise Foerster, and Joy Harjo discuss and read poetry from the anthology When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry (2020). Diana Delgado leads a conversation to conclude the event. This reading was given online as the first event from the Institute for Inquiry and Poetics, a thought center founded at the University of Arizona Poetry Center and designed to create space and time for poets to respond to pressing questions that reside at the intersection of social concern and poetry.
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