How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems 1975-2001
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How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems 1975-2001

How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems 1975-2001

by Joy Harjo

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780393325348
Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date: 12/19/2003
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 272
Sales rank: 121,681
Product dimensions: 6.20(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Joy Harjo is the author of eight poetry collections, including the national bestseller An American Sunrise, and a memoir, Crazy Brave. Named Poet Laureate in 2019, she lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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Adrienne Rich

I turn and return to Harjo's poetry for her breathtaking complex witness and for her world-remaking language.

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