Joy Harjo Picture Book 'Remember' to Come Out Next Year

Joy Harjo, who recently completed a three-year run as the country’s poet laureate, will have a picture book out next spring

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Random House Children’s Books announced Wednesday that Harjo's “Remember,” adapted from her celebrated poem of the same name, is scheduled for March 21, 2023.

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“‘Remember’ is one of my earliest poems. It came together as I was first becoming a poet, and needed to remind myself about what mattered,” Harjo said in a statement.

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“Every one of us needs spiritual food for how to negotiate this life of struggles and beauty.

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Harjo, 71, was the first Native American to serve as poet laureate. Earlier this week, the Library of Congress announced she would be succeeded by Ada Limón.

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