How We Became Human
New And Selected Poems 1975 To 2001
Over a quarter-century's work from the 2003 winner of the Arrell Gibson Award for Lifetime Achievement.
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. How We Became Human explores its title question in poems of sustaining grace.
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December 30, 2003
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Joy Harjo is a member of the Mvskoke Nation. She is the author of several poetry collections, memoirs, children’s books, and music albums. She is the recipient of many awards for her creative work, including a National Humanities Medal. She lives in Oklahoma.
Girl Warrior
Joy Harjo
For a Girl Becoming
Joy Harjo
Washing My Mother's Body
Joy Harjo
Remember
Joy Harjo; illustrated by Michaela Goade
Weaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light
Joy Harjo
Poet Warrior
Joy Harjo
Living Nations, Living Words
Joy Harjo
Winter in the Blood
James Welch; Foreword by Joy Harjo; Introduction by Louise Erdrich
When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through
Joy Harjo; Leanne Howe
An American Sunrise
Joy Harjo
Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings
Joy Harjo
Crazy Brave
Joy HarjoCrazy Brave
Joy Harjo
She Had Some Horses
Joy Harjo
Unravel
Tolu Oloruntoba
antibody
Rebecca Salazar
Forecast: Pretty Bleak
Chris Bailey
total
Aisha Sasha John
Paper Boat
Margaret Atwood
Signal Infinities
Melanie Siebert
woke up no light
Leila Mottley
The Seventh Town of Ghosts
Faith Arkorful
shima
sho yamagushiku
Empires of the Everyday
Anna Lee-Popham
The Knot of My Tongue
Zehra Naqvi
A Year of Last Things
Michael Ondaatje
From the Lost and Found Department
Joy Kogawa
After That
Lorna Crozier