Synopses & Reviews
This collection offers a selection of Joy Harjo's body of work, including poems from She Had Some Horses and Mad Love and War. Known for her signature blend of storytelling, prayer, and song, her work draws from the American tradition of praising the land and the spirit. She began writing in 1973 in the age marked by the takeover at Wounded Knee and the rejuvenation of world indigenous cultures through poetry and music. Recognized today as one of our foremost American poets, Harjo has created a necessary volume that explores how we became human in poems of sustaining grace.
Review
"I turn and return to Harjo's poetry for her breathtaking complex witness and for her world-remaking language: precise, unsentimental, miraculous." Adrienne Rich
Review
"Alive with compassion, pain and love, this book is unquestionably an act of kindness." Publishers Weekly
Synopsis
Over a quarter-century's work from the 2003 winner of the Arrell Gibson Award for Lifetime Achievement.
Synopsis
This collection gathers poems from throughout Joy Harjo's twenty-eight-year career, beginning in 1973 in the age marked by the takeover at Wounded Knee and the rejuvenation of indigenous cultures in the world through poetry and music. explores its title question in poems of sustaining grace.
About the Author
Joy Harjo belongs to the Muscogee Nation and is the author of six poetry books.