Poetry Promise–Let There Be No Regrets: United States Poet Laureate Joy Harjo

Presented by Poetry Promise, Las Vegas Jewish Film Festival, and the Clark County Poet Laureate.

Joy Harjo is an internationally renowned performer and writer of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and was named the 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States in 2019. She is the first Indigenous author to be so honored.

This is a free online three-part series running September 23rd, September 29th, and October 1st.

Wednesday, September 23 at 5:00 p.m. (PDT) – In conjunction with the Joy Harjo program, the 20th annual Las Vegas Jewish Film Festival (LVJFF) presents a free online screening of a PBS documentary film entitled Unspoken Americas: Native American Boarding Schools, as part of its ongoing virtual film series. Following the screening will be a webinar discussion of the documentary, moderated by Joshua Abbey, Director of LVJFF, featuring Justice Raquel Montoya-Lewis and Professor Andrew Woolford, Ph.D. of the University of Manitoba.  Click here to register for this event.
Free film link to watch before this event: Unspoken: America’s Native American Boarding Schools

Tuesday, September 29 at 5:00 p.m. (PDT) – Joy will read poetry including work from her new book An American Sunrise via Zoom. Click here to register for this event.

Thursday, October 1 at 5:00 p.m. (PDT) – Joy will participate in a webinar conversation with author Terry Tempest Williams about the August 2020 publication of When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry.
Click here to register for this event.

This event is presented by Poetry Promise, Inc. and supported in part by Nevada Humanities.

Learn more at poetrypromise.org.