She has two children: Phil and Rainy Dawn.
Harjo has published five books of poetry; in addition, though, she is accomplished in several other areas. She has many screenwriting credits, including teleplays, public service announcements, and public broadcasting/educational television work. In 1986 the tape Furious Light was released, consisting of Harjo reading selected poems backed by musical accompaniment. Harjo has also edited several literary journals, including the High Plains Literary Review, and is currently a contributing editor for Tyuonyi and Contact II.
Frequently anthologized, Harjo's work is reaching a broader audience every year, helped in part by her extensive travels to do readings, workshops, and literary festivals. She is the recipient of several awards, including the American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation, the Poetry Society of America's William Carlos Williams Award, and the American Indian Distinguished Achievement Award, as well as other grants and fellowships, including a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in 1978.
Harjo is very active in her profession, having served on several advisory panels, including the Native American Public Broadcasting Consortium Board of Directors, the New Mexico Arts Commission, and an NEA literature policy panel, among others.
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