# Celebrating the U.S. Poets Laureate: Joy Harjo, Ada Limón and Tracy K. Smith

For the first time, the three most recent U.S. Poets Laureate came together on one stage. Ada Limón “Startlement”, Joy Harjo “Washing My Mother’s Body” and Tracy K. Smith “To Free the Captives”, along with Robert Casper, who oversees the laureate program, discussed their groundbreaking work to promote poetry across the country. Moderated by Washington Post Book Critic Ron Charles.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2025
- Runtime: 54 min
- By: Charles, Ron
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/video-11154/)
- 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/video-11154?play=1)