Poet Laureate Joy Harjo says she loved poetry as a kid, but didn't feel like it belonged to her. "It wasn't until I heard Native poets," she tells NPR's Michel Martin, "that I realized that, wow ...

More than an autobiography following a strict chronological path and detailing all major events, this book focuses on the role of art in the U.S. poet laureate's life and her development as an artist.

A poet warrior embraces compassion, action, duty, and dream. Henry Miller writes, “All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without benefit of experience.” One’s ...

MARTIN: That is U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo. Her new memoir, "Poet Warrior," is out now. Joy Harjo, thank you so much for joining us once again.

Find out why "Poet Warrior" by Joy Harjo is on TIME's list of the must-read books from this year.

Joy Harjo, the first Native American to serve as U.S. poet laureate, invites us to travel along the heartaches, losses and humble realizations of her "poet-warrior" road. A musical, kaleidoscopic ...

Joy Harjo, the nation's first Native American poet laureate, has a very clear sense of what she wants to accomplish with her writing. "If my work does nothing else, when I get to the end of my ...

MARTIN: That is U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo. Her new memoir, "Poet Warrior," is out now. Joy Harjo, thank you so much for joining us once again.

MARTIN: That is U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo. Her new memoir, "Poet Warrior," is out now. Joy Harjo, thank you so much for joining us once again.