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Well, thank you
so much, Jennifer.

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That was really beautiful,
not only to hear your poem,

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but then also to hear
the other poems that you

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selected and the reasons why.

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And connecting that to this idea
of belonging and not belonging.

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So thank you for that.

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It was beautiful.

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Thank you.

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OK, I'm now going to introduce
with honor Joy Harjo.

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Joy Harjo's nine books of poetry
include An American Sunrise,

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Conflict Resolution for Holy
Beings, How We Became Human:

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New and Selected Poems,
and She Had Some Horses.

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Harjo's memoir, Crazy
Brave, won several awards,

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including the PEN USA Literary
Award for Creative Nonfiction

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and the American Book Award.

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She co-edited two anthologies
of contemporary Native women's

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writing, When The
Light Of The World

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Was Subdued Our
Songs Came Through

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and Reinventing The
Enemy's Language:

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Native Women's Writing Of North
America, one of the London

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Observer's best books of 1997.

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She is the recipient of the
Ruth Lilly prize from the Poetry

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Foundation for Lifetime
Achievement, the 2015 Wallace

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Stevens Award from the
Academy of American Poets

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for proven mastery in the
art of poetry, a Guggenheim

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Fellowship, the
William Carlos Williams

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Award from the Poetry
Society of America,

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and the United States
Artists fellowship.

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In 2014 she was inducted
into the Oklahoma Writers

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Hall of Fame.

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A renowned musician,
Harjo performs

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with her saxophone nationally
and internationally,

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solo and with her
band The Aerodynamics.

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She has five award
winning CDs of music,

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including the award
winning album "Red Dreams,"

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"A Trail Beyond Tears," and
"Winding Through The Milky

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Way," which won a
Native American Music

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Award for Best Female
artist of the year in 2009.

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Harjo's latest is a book
of poetry from Norton,

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"An American Sunrise."

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In 2019, Joy Harjo was appointed
at 23rd United States poet

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laureate, the very first Native
American to hold the position.

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She lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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Thank you, Joy, for
being with us here today.

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And it is beyond an honor to
introduce you here in our forum

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today.

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Thank you.