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2019 US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo |
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An American Sunrise: Poems by Joy Harjo In the early 1800s, the Muscogee people were forcibly removed from their original lands east of the Mississippi to Indian Territory, which is now part of Oklahoma. In An American Sunrise, Harjo finds blessings in the abundance of her homeland. Her poems sing of beauty and survival, illuminating a spirituality that connects her to her ancestors and thrums with the quiet anger of living in the ruins of injustice.
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Wings of Night Sky, Wings of Morning Light by Joy HarjoJoy Harjo's play Wings of Night Sky, Wings of Morning Light is the centerpiece of this collection of essays and interviews on contemporary Native Theater. Harjo blends storytelling, music, movement, and poetic language--a healing ceremony that chronicles the challenges young protagonist Redbird faces on her path to healing and self-determination.
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Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings: Poems by Joy HarjoA collection of poems details the joys and pains of the everyday seen through the passage of time since the Trail of Tears. Stomp dance songs, blues, and jazz ballads echo throughout. Lost ancestors are recalled. Resilient songs are born, even as they grieve the loss of their country.
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Crazy Brave: A Memoir by Joy HarjoThis memoir from the Native American poet and author of She Had Some Horses describes her youth with an abusive stepfather, becoming a single teen mom and how she struggled to finally find inner peace and her creative voice.
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Soul Talk, Song Language: Conversations with Joy Harjo by Joy HarjoJoy Harjo is a "poet-healer-philosopher-saxophonist," and one of the most powerful Native American voices of her generation. She has spent the past two decades exploring her place in poetry, music, dance/performance, and art. Soul Talk, Song Language gathers together in one complete collection many of these explorations and conversations.
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She Had Some Horses: Poems by Joy HarjoFirst published in 1983 and now considered a classic, She Had Some Horses is a powerful exploration of womanhood's most intimate moments. Joy Harjo's poems speak of women's despair, of their imprisonment and ruin at the hands of men and society, but also of their awakenings, power, and love.
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How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems by Joy HarjoHarjo, who is a member of the Muscogee Nation, describes growing up in a family of strong women artists and singers.She explores the role of the artist in society, the quest for love, the links among the arts, what constitutes family, and what it means to be human.
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The Woman Who Fell from the Sky: Poems by Joy HarjoThe author draws from the Native American tradition of praising the land and the spirit, the realities of American culture, and the concept of feminine individuality.
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For a Girl Becoming by Joy HarjoCelebrates a young girl's transitions through birth, childhood, and young adulthood, with advice on remaining connected to loved ones and nature.
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The Good Luck Cat
by Joy Harjo
Because her good luck cat Woogie has already used up eight of his nine lives in narrow escapes from disaster, a Native American girl worries when he disappears.
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Fresno County Public Library
2420 Mariposa St.
Fresno, California 93721
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