This class  taught by Dr. Kristin Squint will discuss Creek author and U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo’s collection: An American Sunrise. Participants will read poems from Harjo’s book together, and then discuss themes such as Creek cultural traditions and the history of Native American removal in the Southeast, as well as Harjo’s position as the first Native American Poet Laureate of the United States. ECU will host Joy Harjo on March 30, 2022, for a reading. This class will allow attendees to explore her work in advance of her visit. Copies of An American Sunrise will be provided to registrants through ECU’s National Endowment for the Arts Big Read grant: https://english.ecu.edu/bigread/.

Registration Deadline: 03/03/22