Harjo, Joy
Summary: Joy Harjo, the first Native American to be appointed Poet Laureate of the United States, details her journey to becoming a poet. Born in Oklahoma, the end place of the Trail of Tears, Harjo grew up learning to dodge an abusive stepfather by finding shelter in her imagination, a deep spiritual life, and connection with the natural world. Narrating the complexities of betrayal and love, grounded...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2012
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Summary: A collection of poems from the first Native American US Poet Laureate, informed by her tribal history and connection to the land, that opens a dialogue with history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Publishing 2019
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Summary: In this lyrical meditation about the why of writing poetry, Joy Harjo reflects on significant points of illumination, experience, and questioning from her fifty years as a poet. Comprised of intimate vignettes that take us through the author's life journey as a youth in the late 1960s, a single mother, and a champion of Native nations, this book offers a fresh understanding of how poetry...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2022
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Summary: A magnificent selection of fifty poems to celebrate three-term US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo's fifty years as a poet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2023
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Summary: A stunning new volume from the first Native American Poet Laureate of the United States, informed by her tribal history and connection to the land
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company
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Summary: "Joy Harjo, the first Native American to serve as US poet laureate, invites us to travel along the heartaches, losses, and humble realizations of her 'poet-warrior' road. A musical, kaleidoscopic, and wise follow-up to Crazy Brave, Poet Warrior reveals how Harjo came to write poetry of compassion and healing, poetry with the power to unearth the truth and demand justice. Harjo listens to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2022
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Summary: A stunning new volume from the first Native American Poet Laureate of the United States, informed by her tribal history and connection to the land
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2019
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Summary: "Poet Laureate Joy Harjo offers a vivid, lyrical, and inspiring call for love and justice in this contemplation of her trailblazing life. In the second memoir from the first Native American to serve as US poet laureate, Joy Harjo invites us to travel along the heartaches, losses, and humble realizations of her "poet-warrior" road. A musical, kaleidoscopic meditation, Poet Warrior reveals how...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B HARJO HARContents: Introduction -- Paula Gunn Allen -- Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris -- Joy Harjo -- Linda Hogan -- N. Scott Momaday -- Simon Ortiz --Wendy Rose -- Leslie Marmon Silko -- Gerald Vizenor -- James Welch.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Nebraska Press 1990