PBS

This new poetry anthology honors the scope of native writers

In “New Poets of Native Nations,” readers will not find exoticised verse on “treaties, battles and drums,” editor Heid E. Erdrich assures in her introduction to the 2018 anthology. There is instead ...
The Santa Fe New Mexican

Striking new lines: A groundbreaking anthology of Native poetry

The first comprehensive anthology of Native American poetry in 30 years gathers 21 writers from nations across the U.S. to carve out a shared space beyond boundaries, where relationships to identity, ...
PBS

Joy Harjo on how a new Native poetry anthology fills a gap in American literature

For centuries, Native poetry has been preserved by the spoken word. So when a team of editors were putting together a new anthology of Native poetry, with U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo among them, they ...
Christian Science Monitor

Native American poetry anthology vibrates with powerful voices

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
Parkersburg News and Sentinel

Wood County native part of poetry anthology

ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM — Chambers of England, an imprint of John Murray Press, part of Hodder & Stoughton Ltd., has published an anthology of poetry in languages identified as endangered. The ...
NPR

Anthology Of Native Nations Poetry Is A 'Doorway,' Says Editor Joy Harjo

As U.S. poet laureate Joy Harjo was working on the Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry, she and the other editors decided they needed to hear the whole collection. "At one point in the editing, ...