An Evening With Joy Harjo

Bob Dylan Center, Magic City Books, Tulsa Artist Fellowship, and The University of Tulsa's Oklahoma Center for the Humanities are proud to present a special event with Joy Harjo to celebrate the publication of her latest book, Girl Warrior, on Monday, December 1 at 7:00pm. Joy will be in conversation with Mvskoke scholar and educator Sarah Price.

This ticketed event will take place at 101 Archer in Tulsa, 101 E Archer Ave. All tickets include one (1) copy of Girl Warrior ($21.99 value) and one (1) general admission seat at the event on December 1.

All books will be available for pickup at the event. There is a limit of four tickets per transaction. Please provide the full name and email address of each ticket holder so that all event notifications and information can be sent to all attendees.

If you have a ticket and are unable to attend the event, you will be able to pick up your book at Magic City Books during normal business hours. The last day for ticket holders to pick up Girl Warrior by Joy Harjo is Friday, January 2, 2026. We will make an effort to have signed books available for pick up but cannot guarantee a signed copy.

About Girl Warrior

“To know ourselves is the most profound and difficult endeavor. Though we are all made of the same questions, we have individual routes to the answers, or to reframing the questions. Why is there evil in the world? Why do people suffer, and some more than others? Why are we here? What are we doing here? What happens after death? Does anything mean anything at all? Who am I and what does it matter?” writes Joy Harjo, renowned poet and activist, in this profound work about the struggles, challenges, and joys of coming of age.

In her best-selling memoir Poet Warrior, Harjo led readers through her lifelong process of artistic evolution. In Girl Warrior, she speaks directly to Native girls and women, sharing stories about her own coming of age to bring renewed attention to the pivotal moments of becoming including forgiveness, failure, falling, rising up, and honoring our vast family of beings.

Informed by her own experiences and those of her ancestors, Harjo offers inspiration and insight for navigating the many challenges of maturation. She grapples with parents, friendships, love, and loss. She guides young readers toward painting, poetry, and music as powerful tools for developing their own ethical sensibility. As Harjo demonstrates, the act of making is an essential part of who we are, a means of inviting the past into the present and a critical tool young women can use to shape a more just future. Lyrical and compassionate, Harjo’s call for creativity and empathy is an urgent and necessary work.

About the Author

Joy Harjo is a member of the Mvskoke Nation. She is the author of several poetry collections, memoirs, children’s books, and music albums. She is the recipient of many awards for her creative work, including a National Humanities Medal. She lives in Oklahoma.

About the Moderator

Sarah Price is a Mvskoke citizen and a daughter of Kaccvlke, the Tiger Clan, with deep roots in her lifelong home of Indian Territory—present-day Oklahoma. As an Education Specialist for the Bureau of Indian Education, she has over a decade of experience navigating federal, state, and tribal education systems. Committed to decolonizing praxis and uplifting feminine vocality, Sarah is a PhD candidate at Oklahoma State University, where her research constellates Indigenous feminisms, rematriation, and cultural futurity.