The Woman Who Fell from the Sky: Poems

Joy Harjo

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Joy Harjo, one of this country's foremost Native American voices, combines elements of storytelling, prayer, and song, informed by her interest in jazz and by her North American tribal background, in this, her fourth volume of poetry. She is a mythic, visionary, and spiritual poet who draws from the Native American tradition of praising the land and the spirit, the realities of American culture, and the concept of feminine individuality. In describing this volume Harjo has said: "I believe that the word poet is synonymous with the word truth teller. So this collection tells a bit of the truth of what I have seen since my coming of age in the late sixties."

Book Details

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publish Date: Aug 17th, 1996
Pages: 88
Language: English
Edition: Revised - undefined
Dimensions: 8.00in - 5.40in - 0.40in - 0.20lb
EAN: 9780393313628
Categories: • American - General• Anthologies (multiple authors)

About the Author

Harjo, Joy: - 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.

Praise for this book

I fell in love with these poems, with their clarity and light, their wisdom born somewhere between sky and earth.--Sandra Cisneros

I turn and return to Harjo's poetry for her breathtaking, complex witness and for her world-remaking language: precise, unsentimental, miraculous.--Adrienne Rich