# 2023 National Book Festival: The World Offers Itself to Your Imagination: Camille T. Dungy & Joy Harjo

Throughout time, readers have turned to poetry to connect to the beauty and mystery of the natural world. Join former U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo ("Weaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light") and Camille T. Dungy ("Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden") as they discuss how today's poets write about nature in new and necessary ways. Moderated by NPR's Ayesha Rascoe.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2023
- By: National Book Festival (u.s.)
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2025661388/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/loc/2025661388?play=1)