Joy Harjo
Biographic Data
| ID | 475112 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joy Harjo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joy |
| FAMILY NAME | Harjo |
| SIGNATURE | HARJO J |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
An Interview with Joy Harjo
Somewhere
Somewhere by Joy Harjo It was the day of brutal winds, all of them ganging up to blow injustice down. They sang the changing weather. I was going nowhere. Anything on the ground not burdened by gravity was twisted and lifted up to drop. There were dreams, cities, and plastic bags. I was going nowhere. I tightened my coat to the approaching winter, but you cannot duel and win against a season, history, or a murder of winds. Shooting down MLK Boule…
Bless This Land
POETRY Bless This Land by Joy Harjo Bless this land from the top of its head to the bottom of its feet From the arctic old white head to the brown feet of tropical rain Bless the eyes of this land, for they witness cruelty and kindness in this land From sunrise light upright to falling down on your knees night Bless the ears of this land, for they hear cries of heartbreak and shouts of celebration in this land Once we heard no gunshot on these la…
Emerging Author: Fiction by Eddie Chuculate
EMERGING AUTHOR Fiction by Eddie Chuculate Introduced by Joy Harp We are story gatherers, no matter who we are or what path we follow. Our first breath is the promise we make to take on our own story, and to accept a place in the story field of earthly life. We gather stories any way we car:: across from the fire, at the kitchen table, by telephone, cell phone, Internet, and now texting. In our tribal traditions, those who could tell stories alwa…
In Honor of Patricia Grace
below The pohutukawa tree isone of twelve Metrosideros species native to New Zealand. to disappear behind her too?lighting up the road thenmaking it disappear, lighting it and disappearing it,lighting itand disappearing it. And looking back through the rear-vision mirror into that long funnelof darkness, she could see now that there was nothing behind her. There was nothing back thereat all. Editorial note: From Small Holes in the Silence (Pengui…
Crossing Waters, Crossing Worlds: The African Diaspora in Indian Country
Reinventing the Enemy's Language: Contemporary Native Women's Writings of North America
The Path to the Milky Way Leads through Los Angeles (poem)
Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Joy Harjo; The Path to the Milky Way Leads through Los Angeles (poem). American Indian Culture and Research Journal 1 January 1998; 22 (4): 441. doi: https://doi.org/10.17953/aicr.22.4.p76vjw1331651123 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero…
An Art of Saying: Joy Harjo's Poetry and the Survival of Storytelling
Halo of the Sun: Stories Told and Retold
In Mad Love and War
Joy Harjo is a powerful voice for her Creek (Muscogee) tribe ( a stolen people in a stolen land ), for other oppressed people, and for herself. Her poems, both sacred ad secular, are written with the passions of anger, grief, and love, at once tender and furious. They are rooted in the land; they are one with the deer and the fox, the hawk and the eagle, the sun, moon, and wind, and the seasons spring/ was lean and hungry with he hope of children…
A Melus Interview: Joy Harjo
Journal Article A MELUS Interview: Joy Harjo Get access Helen Jaskoski Helen Jaskoski California State University, Fullerton Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar MELUS, Volume 16, Issue 1, Spring 1989-1990, Pages 5–13, https://doi.org/10.2307/467577 Published: 01 March 1990
The Woman Hanging from the Thirteenth Floor Window
Three Poems
Crossing Waters, Crossing Worlds: The African Diaspora in Indian Country
In Mad Love and War
Joy Harjo is a powerful voice for her Creek (Muscogee) tribe ( a stolen people in a stolen land ), for other oppressed people, and for herself. Her poems, both sacred ad secular, are written with the passions of anger, grief, and love, at once tender and furious. They are rooted in the land; they are one with the deer and the fox, the hawk and the eagle, the sun, moon, and wind, and the seasons spring/ was lean and hungry with he hope of children…
An Art of Saying: Joy Harjo's Poetry and the Survival of Storytelling
Three Poems
The Woman Hanging from the Thirteenth Floor Window
A Melus Interview: Joy Harjo
Journal Article A MELUS Interview: Joy Harjo Get access Helen Jaskoski Helen Jaskoski California State University, Fullerton Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar MELUS, Volume 16, Issue 1, Spring 1989-1990, Pages 5–13, https://doi.org/10.2307/467577 Published: 01 March 1990
In Mad Love and War
Joy Harjo is a powerful voice for her Creek (Muscogee) tribe ( a stolen people in a stolen land ), for other oppressed people, and for herself. Her poems, both sacred ad secular, are written with the passions of anger, grief, and love, at once tender and furious. They are rooted in the land; they are one with the deer and the fox, the hawk and the eagle, the sun, moon, and wind, and the seasons spring/ was lean and hungry with he hope of children…
Halo of the Sun: Stories Told and Retold
An Art of Saying: Joy Harjo's Poetry and the Survival of Storytelling
Reinventing the Enemy's Language: Contemporary Native Women's Writings of North America
The Path to the Milky Way Leads through Los Angeles (poem)
Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Joy Harjo; The Path to the Milky Way Leads through Los Angeles (poem). American Indian Culture and Research Journal 1 January 1998; 22 (4): 441. doi: https://doi.org/10.17953/aicr.22.4.p76vjw1331651123 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero…
Crossing Waters, Crossing Worlds: The African Diaspora in Indian Country
In Honor of Patricia Grace
below The pohutukawa tree isone of twelve Metrosideros species native to New Zealand. to disappear behind her too?lighting up the road thenmaking it disappear, lighting it and disappearing it,lighting itand disappearing it. And looking back through the rear-vision mirror into that long funnelof darkness, she could see now that there was nothing behind her. There was nothing back thereat all. Editorial note: From Small Holes in the Silence (Pengui…
Emerging Author: Fiction by Eddie Chuculate
EMERGING AUTHOR Fiction by Eddie Chuculate Introduced by Joy Harp We are story gatherers, no matter who we are or what path we follow. Our first breath is the promise we make to take on our own story, and to accept a place in the story field of earthly life. We gather stories any way we car:: across from the fire, at the kitchen table, by telephone, cell phone, Internet, and now texting. In our tribal traditions, those who could tell stories alwa…
Bless This Land
POETRY Bless This Land by Joy Harjo Bless this land from the top of its head to the bottom of its feet From the arctic old white head to the brown feet of tropical rain Bless the eyes of this land, for they witness cruelty and kindness in this land From sunrise light upright to falling down on your knees night Bless the ears of this land, for they hear cries of heartbreak and shouts of celebration in this land Once we heard no gunshot on these la…
Somewhere
Somewhere by Joy Harjo It was the day of brutal winds, all of them ganging up to blow injustice down. They sang the changing weather. I was going nowhere. Anything on the ground not burdened by gravity was twisted and lifted up to drop. There were dreams, cities, and plastic bags. I was going nowhere. I tightened my coat to the approaching winter, but you cannot duel and win against a season, history, or a murder of winds. Shooting down MLK Boule…
An Interview with Joy Harjo
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