When the Light of the World Was Subdued,
Our Songs Came Through
Join panelists Kimberly M. Blaeser, Jennifer Elise Foerster, and Heid E. Erdrich, award-winning poets and contributing editors of the landmark anthology When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through, the first comprehensive anthology of Native Poetry, edited by U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo. The collection includes the work of more than 160 poets, representing nearly 100 indigenous nations in the United States mainland, Alaska, and the Pacific Island territories. Because land is central to culture and identity, the poetry is organized into five geographical sections. The editors will discuss how the arc of history and time has shaped the concerns and poetics of indigenous peoples of the regions they represent (Northeast and Midwest, Southeast, Plains and Mountains) and they will read from their own poetry.
