Skip to main content highlighted Joy Harjo’s words about how artists can use their craft to address national debates in this tweet to its 89,000 followers.

“Words can shift a story, can make doors in complicated situations, or new paths of understanding,”said Harjo, an acclaimed poet, author, musician, and a professor of English and Chair of Excellence is affiliated with the Academy of American Poets, the largest member-supported organization in the US championing poets and poetry.