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Joy Harjo

Author of Crazy Brave: A Memoir

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About the Author

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 Wallace Stevens Award from the Academy of American Poets, and the show more American Indian Distinguished Achievement in the Arts Award. She currently lives in Knoxville, Tennessee. show less

Works by Joy Harjo

Crazy Brave: A Memoir (2012) 384 copies
An American Sunrise: Poems (2019) 351 copies
She Had Some Horses: Poems (1983) 335 copies
In Mad Love and War (1990) 215 copies
Poet Warrior: A Memoir (2021) 211 copies
The Good Luck Cat (2000) 147 copies
Remember (2023) 94 copies

Associated Works

The Making of a Poem: A Norton Anthology of Poetic Forms (2000) — Contributor — 1,254 copies
The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry (1999) — Contributor — 593 copies
Cries of the Spirit: A Celebration of Women's Spirituality (2000) — Contributor — 370 copies
The Art of Losing (2010) — Contributor — 197 copies
Talking Leaves: Contemporary Native American Short Stories (1991) — Contributor — 189 copies
American Religious Poems: An Anthology (2006) — Contributor — 162 copies
Intimate Nature: The Bond Between Women and Animals (1998) — Contributor — 122 copies
Gone to Croatan: Origins of North American Dropout Culture (1994) — Contributor — 102 copies
Nepantla: An Anthology Dedicated to Queer Poets of Color (2018) — Contributor — 86 copies
Moccasin Thunder: American Indian Stories for Today (2005) — Contributor — 84 copies
The Best American Poetry 2018 (2018) — Contributor — 75 copies
The Hungry Ear: Poems of Food and Drink (2012) — Contributor — 63 copies
Song of the Turtle: American Indian Literature 1974-1994 (1996) — Contributor — 60 copies
The Ecopoetry Anthology (2013) — Contributor — 48 copies
Sister to Sister (1995) — Contributor — 33 copies
Through the Eye of the Deer (1999) — Contributor — 28 copies
Sing: Poetry from the Indigenous Americas (2011) — Contributor — 26 copies
Indian Singing in 20th Century America (1990) — Introduction, some editions — 26 copies
Without Reservation: Indigenous Erotica (2003) — Contributor — 25 copies
Silent Anatomies (2015) — Selected by — 22 copies
Sinister Wisdom 43/44: The 15th Anniversary Retrospective (1991) — Contributor — 20 copies
American Indians and the Urban Experience (2001) — Contributor — 17 copies
Wounds beneath the flesh (1983) — Contributor — 16 copies
Sovereign Traces Volume 1: Not (Just) (An)Other (2018) — Contributor — 16 copies
T.C. Cannon: At the Edge of America (2018) — Contributor — 10 copies
Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology (2018) — Contributor — 9 copies
Stories for a Winter's Night (2000) — Contributor — 8 copies
The Secret Powers of Naming (2006) — Introduction — 7 copies
Love Can Be: A Literary Collection about Our Animals (2018) — Contributor — 7 copies
Durable Breath: Contemporary Native American Poetry (1994) — Contributor — 6 copies
Sinister Wisdom 24 (1983) — Contributor — 5 copies
Resisting Arrest: Poems to Stretch the Sky (2016) — Contributor — 3 copies
The American Voice: Short Essays No. 17 (1989) — Contributor — 2 copies

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This book would be good for primary students. This book is "Remember" by Joy Harjo, illustrated by Michaela Goade, and published in 2023. This book is a poem that reminds young readers to pause and reflect on the world around them. It brings in the culture of the Mvskoke Nation that we are connected to the earth and that we should cherish life. I think this would be a good book to have in a classroom just for independent reading to introduce people to other culture and to have a wide representation of cultures.… (more)
 
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kcochell23 | 4 other reviews | Mar 13, 2024 |
Remember is a picture book that's a poem about wondering about the world and where you came from. The readers are invited into the illustrations and language to ponder the origins of life and how we're all connected. I thought the illustrations were absolutely gorgeous! The way the illustrator made the art was fantastic and it blew me away. I liked this book as well, but for certain scenarios. If I taught at a Christian school, I wouldn't use this book in my classroom, only because it centers around a creation/life worldview that is conflictive of ours as Christians. But, if I taught in public school, I would definitely use this book because it's truly very beautiful and I think children would love it.… (more)
 
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sagan21 | 4 other reviews | Mar 13, 2024 |
Holy crepe, I was not ready for this book. It combines the raw emotion of Harjo's poems with a very difficult personal history, similar to the book Educated. I am impressed by Harjo's artistry and I would like to read more of her work, but for now I need some time to process everything I've read.
 
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jd7h | 13 other reviews | Feb 18, 2024 |
Michaela Goade's gorgeous artwork, Joy Harjo's poem. I especially love the illustration that accompanies the lines, "Remember your birth, how your mother / struggled to give you form and breath. // You are evidence of her life, / and her mother's, and hers."
 
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