Former Poet Laureate Joy Harjo shares what she would do to escape as a teenager On Wild Card, well-known guests answer the kinds of questions we often think about but don't talk about. Former Poet ...

Joy Harjo is an internationally celebrated poet of the Muscogee Nation, and it is with words that she processes this life - joy, hardships and, in a new book, grief.

Joy Harjo is one of the most revered poets in the United States. On this week's Wild Card with Rachel Martin, the former U.S. poet laureate talks about how writing can give you second chances.

Poet Joy Harjo is playing unreleased tracks from her upcoming album, which is being co-produced by Grammy winner Esperanza Spalding, over the phone.. Harjo, an enrolled member of the Mvskoke ...

JOY HARJO: (Reading) I never got to wash my mother's body when she died. I return to take care of her in memory. That's how I make peace when things are left undone.

JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: Every week, a guest draws a card from NPR's Wild Card deck and answers a big question about their life. For former U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, art was a literal escape as a kid.

Poet Joy Harjo is playing unreleased tracks from her upcoming album, which is being co-produced by Grammy winner Esperanza Spalding, over the phone.. Harjo, an enrolled member of the Mvskoke ...

On Wild Card, well-known guests answer the kinds of questions we often think about but don't talk about. Former Poet Laureate Joy Harjo shares what she would do to escape as a teenager.