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Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings

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Description for Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings Hardback. A long-awaited poetry collection by one of our most essential Native American voices. Num Pages: 160 pages, ---. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 290.

In these poems, the joys and struggles of the everyday are played against the grinding politics of being human. Beginning in a hotel room in the dark of a distant city, we travel through history and follow the memory of the Trail of Tears from the bend in the Tallapoosa River to a place near the Arkansas River. Stomp dance songs, blues, and jazz ballads echo throughout. Lost ancestors are recalled. Resilient songs are born, even as they grieve the loss of their country. Called a "magician and a master" (San Francisco Chronicle), Joy Harjo is at the top of ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393248500
SKU
V9780393248500
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About Joy Harjo
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.

Reviews for Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings
"Joy Harjo's Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings is a marvelous instrument that veins through a dark lode of American history. The poet's finely tuned voice goes where 'Midnight is a horn player,' driven by tribute, prayer, and blues, excavating names, places, and dreams. And at the end of this epic voyage the reader surfaces at sunrise."
Yusef Komunyakaa "[Joy ... Read more

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