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Crazy brave : a memoir / Joy Harjo.
Van Pelt Library PS3558.A62423 Z46 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harjo, Joy, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Harjo, Joy.
- Indian women poets--United States--Biography.
- Indian women poets.
- Women poets, American--Biography.
- Women poets, American.
- Indian authors--United States--Biography.
- Indian authors.
- Poets laureate--Biography.
- Poets laureate.
- Creek Indians--Biography.
- Creek Indians.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- 169 pages : portraits ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2012]
- Summary:
- Joy Harjo, the first Native American to be appointed Poet Laureate of the United States, details her journey to becoming a poet. Born in Oklahoma, the end place of the Trail of Tears, Harjo grew up learning to dodge an abusive stepfather by finding shelter in her imagination, a deep spiritual life, and connection with the natural world. Narrating the complexities of betrayal and love, grounded in tribal myth and ancestry, music and poetry, Crazy Brave is a haunting memoir about family and the breaking apart necessary in finding a voice.
- A memoir from the Native American poet describes her youth with an abusive stepfather, becoming a single teen mom, and how she struggled to finally find inner peace and her creative voice.
- Contents:
- East
- North
- West
- South.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-169).
- American Book Awards, Winner, 2013
- ISBN:
- 0393073467
- 9780393073461
- OCLC:
- 755704967
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