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Joy Harjo to visit Lawrence for 50th Humanities Kansas event
Lawrence Public Library hosts US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, the first Native American in the role, on February 23 2022. The event, part of Humanities Kansas 50th anniversary, is supported by Haskell Indian Nations University KU Hall Center and Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation. Harjo will discuss Poet Warrior a Memoir and her poetry of healing and justice.
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