Harjo, Joy

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...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 809.9 HAR

Harjo, Joy

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...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2022

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Harjo, Joy

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...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2021

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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HAR

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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HARJO, JOY HAR

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1 available in Adult, Call number: B HARJO HAR