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Joy Harjo
Joy Harjo
Awards
Winner — PEN/Open Book Award, 2002
Winner — Oklahoma Book Award, 2003
Winner — Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association Reading the West Book Award, 2021
Longlisted — ALA Carnegie Medal, 2022
Winner — Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association Reading the West Book Award, 2022
Winner — Bollingen Prize for American Poetry, 2023
Winner — Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association Reading the West Book Award, 2023
Books by Joy Harjo
The Woman Who Fell from the Sky: Poems
Paperback, 1996
Joy Harjo, one of this country's foremost Native American voices, combines elements of storytelling, prayer, and song, informed by her interest in jazz and by her North American tribal background,...
A Map to the Next World: Poems and Tales
Paperback, 2001
"This breathtakingly honest collection of writings is alive with deeply felt and beautifully expressed emotions."—Wilma Mankiller
How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems 1975-2002
Paperback, 2009
Over a quarter-century's work from the 2003 winner of the Arrell Gibson Award for Lifetime Achievement.
She Had Some Horses: Poems
Paperback, 2009
A new edition of the beloved volume by Joy Harjo, one of our foremost Native American poets.
Crazy Brave: A Memoir
Paperback, 2013
A “raw and honest” (Los Angeles Review of Books) memoir from the first Native American Poet Laureate of the United States.
Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings: Poems
Paperback, 2017
A musical, magical, resilient volume from one of the most celebrated Native American voices.
An American Sunrise: Poems
Hardback, 2019
National Bestseller
A stunning new volume from the first Native American Poet Laureate of the United States, informed by her tribal history and connection to the land.
When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry
Paperback, 2020
The first historically comprehensive Native poetry anthology, without which no study of American poetry is complete.
An American Sunrise: Poems
Paperback, 2020
A stunning new volume from the first Native American Poet Laureate of the United States, informed by her tribal history and connection to the land.
Living Nations, Living Words: An Anthology of First Peoples Poetry
Paperback, 2021
A powerful, moving anthology that celebrates the breadth of Native American poets writing today.