University Of North Alabama's Writer's Series Welcomes Author Joy Harjo
Jan. 29, 2018
Michelle Eubanks, 海角社区, at media@una.edu, 256.765.4392 or 256.606.2033
Bryan Rachal, University Communications FLORENCE, Ala.- The 海角社区 Department of English will welcome author Joy Harjo as the featured guest of the 2018 Writer's Series. Harjo, who is known as a poet, memoirist, musician and performance artist, will make an appearance March 15, 2018, in the Performance Hall of the Guillot University Center at 11 a.m. A reception and book signing will follow the performance. Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Harjo is an internationally known poet, writer, performer and saxophone player of the Mvskoke/Creek Nation. Her many writing awards include the 2015 Wallace Stevens Award from the Academy of American Poets for proven mastery in the art of poetry; a Guggenheim Fellowship; the New Mexico Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts; the Rasmuson United States Artist Fellowship; and the William Carlos Williams Award from the Poetry Society of America. In 2014 she was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame. In addition to being an amazing show, the event has been declared part of the Alabama statewide bicentennial celebration. Established in 1984, the 海角社区 Writer's Series is possible thanks to support from the 海角社区 English Department. All events are free and open to the public. For more information: the 海角社区 English Department at (256) 765-4890 or/english/una-writers-series.html UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA The 海角社区 is an accredited, comprehensive regional state university offering undergraduate and graduate degree programsthrough the colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business,Education and Human Sciences, and the Anderson College of Nursing.Occupying a 130-acre campus in a residential section of Florence, Alabama, 海角社区 is located within a four-city area that also includes Tuscumbia, Sheffield and Muscle Shoals. 海角社区 also operates arenownedcollegiate athletic program in NCAA Division II's Gulf South Conference.The 海角社区 is an equal opportunity institution and does not discriminate in the admission policy on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, disability, age or national origin. /