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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)

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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.

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TOMORROW at 7 p.m. ET: To celebrate the conclusion of her laureateship, U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo reads and discusses her favorite “ancestor poems.” Get free tickets to this event: https://t.co/rmoog0Zi7M Learn more: https://t.co/EwlMvgXMft https://t.co/tibyxqiyry

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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

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