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Joy Harjo reads and discusses Exile of Memory on August 5, 2020.

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Joy Harjo reads and discusses her poem “Exile of Memory” on August 5, 2020, from her home in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Harjo is the 23rd Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, and the first Native American poet to serve in the position. Her nine books of poetry include An American Sunrise, Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings, How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems, and She Had Some Horses. Harjo’s memoir Crazy Brave won several awards, including the PEN USA Literary Award for Creative Nonfiction and the American Book Award. She is the recipient of the Ruth Lilly Prize, the Wallace Stevens Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the William Carlos Williams Award, and the United States Artist Fellowship, among other honors. In 2019, she was awarded the Jackson Prize and elected as a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets. Harjo is a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation.

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Read: Transplant: After Georgia O'Keeffe's Pelvis IV, 1944 by b: william bearhart

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b: william bearhart reads and discusses Transplant: After Georgia O'Keeffe's Pelvis IV, 1944 on August 10, 2020.

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Transplant: After Georgia O'Keeffe's Pelvis IV, 1944

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b: william bearhart reads and discusses his poem "Transplant: After Georgia O'Keeffe's Pelvis IV, 1944" on August 10, 2020, from his home in Turtle Lake, Wisconsin. bearhart is a direct descendent of the St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin. He was a graduate from the Lo Rez MFA program at the Institute of American Indian Arts and a poker dealer in a small Wisconsin casino when he was not writing or editing. His work can be found in Boston Review, North American Review, Prairie Schooner, and Tupelo Quarterly among others. bearhart died in 2020 during the production of "Living Nations, Living Words;" his work endures in this collection of living poets.

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Bearhart, Bryan William, author, speaker.

Library of Congress. Poetry and Literature Center, sponsor.

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- American poetry--Indian authors

- American poetry--21st century

- Indians of North America--Poetry

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- Living Nations, Living Words: A Collection of First Peoples Poetry (AFC 2020/004: 03) Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

- In English.

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2 manuscripts (2 pages) : digital, pdf

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Living Nations, Living Words: A Collection of First Peoples Poetry AFC 2020/004

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b: william bearhart, "Transplant: After Georgia O'Keeffe's Pelvis IV, 1944" first published in Tinderbox Poetry Journal, volume 2, issue 4 (December 2015). Copyright © by b: william bearhart. Reprinted with the permission of the author. Photo by Thomas Lindfors, courtesy of the author.

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Bearhart, Bryan William, Author, Speaker, and Sponsor Library Of Congress. Poetry And Literature Center. b: william bearhart reads and discusses Transplant: After Georgia O'Keeffe's Pelvis IV, 1944 on. 2020. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2020785203/.

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Bearhart, B. W. & Library Of Congress. Poetry And Literature Center, S. (2020) b: william bearhart reads and discusses Transplant: After Georgia O'Keeffe's Pelvis IV, 1944 on. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2020785203/.

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Bearhart, Bryan William, Author, Speaker, and Sponsor Library Of Congress. Poetry And Literature Center. b: william bearhart reads and discusses Transplant: After Georgia O'Keeffe's Pelvis IV, 1944 on. 2020. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2020785203/>.

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b: william bearhart reads and discusses Transplant: After Georgia O'Keeffe's Pelvis IV, 1944 on August 10, 2020.

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b: william bearhart reads and discusses his poem "Transplant: After Georgia O'Keeffe's Pelvis IV, 1944" on August 10, 2020, from his home in Turtle Lake, Wisconsin. bearhart is a direct descendent of the St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin.

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