Joy Harjo Residency
Joy Harjo Events | April 23–24, 2024
Tuesday, April 23
CultureTalk with Joy Harjo and Jenny L. Davis
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
500 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana
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Featuring Joy Harjo (23rd United States Poet Laureate and member of the Muscogee [Creek] Nation) and Jenny L. Davis (American Indian Studies and Anthropology; member of the Chickasaw Nation).
Cosponsored by the Center for Advanced Study, the College of Fine and Applied Arts, and Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.
Wednesday, April 24
Inside Scoop Lunch Talk
Undergraduates of any major are invited to this informal lunch talk with Joy Harjo. Free lunch provided. Advance registration required! Co-hosted by Native American House.
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Location: Levis Faculty Center, Room 210
919 W. Illinois St., Urbana
Public Reading and Book Signing
Celebrated writer and three-term US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo will read from her body of work. Cosponsored by American Indian Studies.
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Alice Campbell Alumni Center, Ballroom
601 S. Lincoln Ave., Urbana