Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings, Joy Harjo
Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings, Joy Harjo
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Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings
Poems

Author: Joy Harjo

Narrator: Joy Harjo

Unabridged: 1 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/29/2019


Synopsis

A musical, magical, resilient volume from the first Native American Poet Laureate of the United StatesIn 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 top of her form in Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings.

Author Bio

Joy Harjo is a poet, musician, and author, and was the first Native American United States Poet Laureate. She has written fifteen books of poetry and produced four CDs. A native of Tulsa, Oklahoma, she is a member of the Muskogee Creek Nation. Harjo lives in Honolulu and teaches writing at the University of New Mexico.

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