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

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

by Joy Harjo
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: 01/17/2004
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 272
Sales rank: 132,877
Product dimensions: 6.02(w) x 9.18(h) x 0.72(d)

About the Author

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.

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

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Poetry
American Poetry
20th Century American Poetry
21st Century American Poetry
Other American Poetry
American poetry->20th century
American poetry->21st century
American poetry->Native American authors
American poetry->Women authors->20th century
American poetry->Women authors->21st century

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