harjo, joy

Provides analysis of the most frequently studied poems in literature courses. Contains author biography (if attributed), poem text, poem summary, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.

"In this gemlike volume, Harjo selects her best poems from across fifty years, beginning with her early discoveries of her own voice and ending with moving reflections on our contemporary moment. Generous notes on each poem offer insight into Harjo's inimitable poetics as she takes inspiration from Navajo horse songs and jazz, reckons with home and loss, and listens to the natural messengers of the earth"--Provided by publisher.

"In . . . prose, Harjo grieves at the loss of her mother, reckons with the theft of her ancestral homeland, and sheds light on the rituals that nourish her as an artist, mother, wife, and community member"--Provided by publisher.

American poet Joy Harjo's memoir detailing her journey to becoming a poet, covering her childhood with an abusive stepfather, the Indian arts boarding school she attended, and being a single teenage mother.

American poet Joy Harjo's memoir detailing her journey to becoming a poet, covering her childhood with an abusive stepfather, the Indian arts boarding school she attended, and being a single teenage mother.