Joy Harjo’s title echoes over and over again, like a whisper from the writing itself—remember, remember, gently urging the reader to dig into their memory. This repetition appears at the start of each ...

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with former U.S. poet laureate, Joy Harjo, about her book "Washing My Mother's Body" where she explores the complexity of a daughter's grief as she reflects on her mother's ...

On Wild Card, well-known guests answer the kinds of questions we often think about but don't talk about. Former Poet Laureate Joy Harjo shares what she would do to escape as a teenager.

Joy Harjo is an internationally celebrated poet of the Muscogee Nation, and it is with words that she processes this life - joy, hardships and, in a new book, grief. It's called "Washing My Mother ...