Poet warrior : a memoir / Joy Harjo.
| Author/creator |
Harjo, Joy author. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, [2021] |
| Copyright Notice | ©2021 |
| Description | x, 226 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | To imagine the spirit of poetry -- Prepare -- You might know me first -- Ancestral roots -- Becoming -- A postcolonial tale -- Diamond light -- Teachers -- Sunset. |
| Abstract | "Poet Laureate Joy Harjo offers a vivid, lyrical, and inspiring call for love and justice in this contemplation of her trailblazing life. In the second memoir from the first Native American to serve as US poet laureate, Joy Harjo invites us to travel along the heartaches, losses, and humble realizations of her "poet-warrior" road. A musical, kaleidoscopic meditation, Poet Warrior reveals how Harjo came to write poetry of compassion and healing, poetry with the power to unearth the truth and demand justice. Weaving together the voices that shaped her, Harjo listens to stories of ancestors and family, the poetry and music that she first encountered as a child, the teachings of a changing earth, and the poets who paved her way. She explores her grief at the loss of her mother and sheds light on the rituals that nourish her as an artist, mother, wife, and community member. Moving fluidly among prose, song, and poetry, Poet Warrior is a luminous journey of becoming that sings with all the jazz, blues, tenderness, and bravery that we know as distinctly Joy Harjo"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Harjo, Joy. Poet warrior. First edition. New York, N.Y. : W.W. Norton & Company, [2021] 9780393248531 |
| Genre/form | Autobiographical poetry. |
| Genre/form | Autobiographies. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| Genre/form | Autobiographies. |
| Genre/form | Autobiographies. |
| Genre/form | Autobiographical poetry. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| Genre/form | Autobiographies. |
| Genre/form | Poésie autobiographique. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| LCCN | 2021025215 |
| ISBN | 9780393248524 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0393248526 hardcover |
| ISBN | 9780393248531 paperback |
| ISBN | 0393248534 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic publication |
| ISBN | 1324022019 |
| ISBN | 9781324022015 |
| Standard identifier# | 40030730379 |
Available Items
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | PS3558 .A62423 Z46 2021 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |