Living nations, living words an anthology of first peoples poetry

"A powerful, moving anthology that celebrates the breadth of Native poets writing today. Joy Harjo, the first Native poet to serve as U.S. Poet Laureate, has championed the voices of Native peoples past and present. Her signature laureate project gathers the work of contemporary Native poets into a...

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Other Authors: Harjo, Joy (Editor), Hayden, Carla Diane, 1952- (writer of foreword.)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2021]
Edition:First edition.
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Summary:"A powerful, moving anthology that celebrates the breadth of Native poets writing today. Joy Harjo, the first Native poet to serve as U.S. Poet Laureate, has championed the voices of Native peoples past and present. Her signature laureate project gathers the work of contemporary Native poets into a national, fully digital map of story, sound, and space, celebrating their vital and unequivocal contributions to American poetry. This companion anthology features each poem and poet from the project to offer readers a chance to hold the wealth of poems in their hands. With work from Natalie Diaz, Ray Young Bear, Craig Santos Perez, Sherwin Bitsui, Layli Long Soldier, among others, Living Nations, Living Words showcases, as Joy Harjo writes in her stirring introduction, "poetry [that] emerges from the soul of a community, the heart and lands of the people. In this country, poetry is rooted in the more than 500 living indigenous nations. Living Nations, Living Words is a representative offering." "--
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:xvii, 221 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
ISBN:9780393867916
0393867919
Author Notes:Joy Harjo is a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. She is the author of nine poetry collections, most recently An American Sunrise, and a memoir. Crazy Brave. Named Poet Laureate of the United States in 2019, she lives in Tulsa. Oklahoma, where she is a Tulsa Artist Fellow.