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Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings: Poems
Joy Harjo
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Description for Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings: Poems
Paperback. A musical, magical, resilient volume from one of the most celebrated Native American voices. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 150.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393353631
SKU
V9780393353631
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About Joy Harjo
Joy Harjo is an internationally known performer and writer of the Mvskoke/Creek Nation, the author of ten books of poetry and a memoir, Crazy Brave. A critically acclaimed poet, her many honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Josephine Miles Poetry Award, the William Carlos Williams Award, and the American Indian Distinguished Achievement in the Arts Award. She lives in Tulsa, ... Read more
Reviews for Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings: Poems
When Harjo confronts tragedy, she becomes our conscious.
Washington Independent Review of Books This is not merely a book of poetry. These are instructions for the soul, a song to lead the reader home... [Harjo is] the first lady of American Indian poetry.
World Literature Today
Washington Independent Review of Books This is not merely a book of poetry. These are instructions for the soul, a song to lead the reader home... [Harjo is] the first lady of American Indian poetry.
World Literature Today