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Harjo, Joy.
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Harjo, Joy.
Indigenous peoples -- United States -- Biography.
Indian authors -- United States -- Biography.
Poets, American -- 20th century -- Biography
Poets, American -- 21st century -- Biography.
Women poets, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Women poets, American -- 21st century -- Biography.
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Harjo, Joy.
Harjo, Joy.
Indigenous peoples -- United States -- Biography.
Indian authors -- United States -- Biography.
Poets, American -- 20th century -- Biography
Poets, American -- 21st century -- Biography.
Women poets, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Women poets, American -- 21st century -- Biography.
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Poet warrior : a memoir /
Joy
Harjo
.
by
Harjo
,
Joy
.
Call #:
921 H282p
Subjects
Harjo
,
Joy
.
Indigenous peoples -- United States -- Biography.
Indian authors -- United States -- Biography.
Poets, American -- 20th century -- Biography
Poets, American -- 21st century -- Biography.
Women poets, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Women poets, American -- 21st century -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780393248524 (hc.)
Description:
x, 226 pages : ill. ; 21 cm.
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
Harjo
came to write poetry of compassion and healing, poetry with the power to unearth the truth and demand justice. Weaving together the voices that shaped her,
Harjo
listens to stories of ancestors and family, the poetry and music that she first encountered as a child, the teachings of a changing earth, and the poets who paved her way. She explores her grief at the loss of her mother and sheds light on the rituals that nourish her as an artist, mother, wife, and community member. Moving fluidly among prose, song, and poetry, 'Poet Warrior' is a luminous journey of becoming that sings with all the jazz, blues, tenderness, and bravery that we know as distinctly
Joy
Harjo
."--From publisher.
Genre:
Memoirs.
Holds:
1
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Central Library
Adult Nonfiction - Indigenous Peoples Collection
921 H282p
Core Collection - Adult
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Jul 10, 2024
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