December 5, 2020
Oprah selects "When the Light of the World Was Subdued: Our Songs Came Through" as one of the "Seven Books That Helped Her Through Tough Times"
By Indigenous Nations Poets
Oprah selects “When the Light of the World Was Subdued: Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry” as one of the “Seven Books That Help Her Through Tough Times!”
"I am grateful to have served as a Contributing Editor and to have both a regional essay and poems in this volume. Blessed to have shared the space to build this book with wonderful editors Joy Harjo, LeAnne Howe, and Jennifer Forester; to have sifted and plotted and laughed it into being with all the wonderful poets involved!
– Kimberly Blaeser
In-Na-Po
Founded in 2020, In-Na-Po—Indigenous Nations Poets—is a national Indigenous poetry community committed to mentoring emerging writers, nurturing the growth of Indigenous poetic practices, and raising the visibility of all Native Writers past, present, and future. In-Na-Po recognizes the role of poetry in sustaining tribal sovereign nations and Native languages.