Poetry and heritage are alive and intertwined in Joy Harjo’s signature project as America’s first Native Poet Laureate. Living Nations, Living Words is an interactive map and accompanying anthology of Native Nations poets and poems from across the country, speaking to themes of displacement, visibility, persistence, resistance, and acknowledgment. Join Harjo and award-winning poet Layli Long Soldier for a conversation about the cadence, topography, and lineage of poetry.
- This program is free to all with registration. Registered guests will receive the link to watch via email in advance of the premiere.
- The conversation will be pre-recorded and premiere on YouTube on April 14th at 7pm central time.
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- This conversation will be pre-recorded, but the presenters will still answer your questions! Please submit questions here.
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The program is presented in partnership with the Native American Support Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the Poetry Foundation.
About the Book:
- The Chicago Humanities Festival is pleased to partner with the Seminary Co-op Bookstores, a not-for-profit bookstore whose mission is bookselling.
- When you purchase your copy of Living Nations, Living Words from Seminary Co-op you are directly supporting independent bookselling in Chicago and a vital space for book browsing, discovery, and community.