Read the paragraph from “Joy Harjo Is the First Native American Poet Laureate.”
Her appointment was announced on June 19 by Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden. Hayden said that Harjo helped tell an "American story." She said Harjo writes of traditions both lost and maintained, of "reckoning and myth-making." Harjo will be poet laureate for one year. She is following Tracy K. Smith, who was poet laureate before her. The position is officially called "Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry." She will receive $35,000 to serve for the year. Harjo will have few specific responsibilities. Other laureates have launched new projects such as Smith's recent tour of rural communities around the country.
How does this paragraph contribute to the development of ideas in the passage?
It explains how Harjo feels about being a poet laureate.
It gives a short history of previous poets laureate and their work.
It provides an overview of the poet laureate position.
It compares Harjo to other poets laureate.
