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National Book Critics Circle Award
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National Book Award
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Memoir: What You Have Heard Is True
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Joy Harjo
US Poet Laureate (2019-22)
NBCC Lifetime Achievement Award
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Lambda Literary Award
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PEN America Jean Stein Book Award
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Lambda Pioneer Award
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Frost Poetry Prize
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PEN/Open Book Award
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IMPAC Dublin Award
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American Street