How We Became Human
New and Selected Poems 1975-2002
Published on 13. March 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-393-32534-8 (ISBN)
Description
This collection gathers poems from throughout Joy Harjo's twenty-eight-year career, beginning in 1973 in the age marked by the takeover at Wounded Knee and the rejuvenation of indigenous cultures in the world through poetry and music. How We Became Human explores its title question in poems of sustaining grace.
Reviews / Votes
"Show[s] the remarkable progression of a writer determined to reconnect with her past and make sense of her present, drawing together the brutalities of contemporary reservation life with the beauty and sensibility of Native American culture and mythology....Alive with compassion, pain and love, this book is unquestionably an act of kindness." -- Publishers Weekly "I turn and return to Harjo's poetry for her breathtaking complex witness and for her world-remaking language." -- Adrienne RichMore details
Edition
Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
401 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-393-32534-8 (9780393325348)
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E-Book
07/2012
W. W. Norton & Company
€16.49
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Person
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.