| She Had Some Horses Contributor(s): Harjo, Joy (Author) |
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ISBN: 039333421X ISBN-13: 9780393334210 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2008 Annotation: In this powerful collection of poetry, Creek Indian Joy Harjo explores womanhood's most intimate moments. Professor, poetry award winner, performer, and former member of the National Council on the Arts, Harjo's prose speaks of women's despair, of their imprisonment and ruin at the hands of men and society, but also of their awakenings, power, and love. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Native American |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 2008030385 |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.4" W x 8" (0.20 lbs) 96 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: First published in 1983 and now considered a classic, She Had Some Horses is a powerful exploration of womanhood's most intimate moments. Joy Harjo's poems speak of women's despair, of their imprisonment and ruin at the hands of men and society, but also of their awakenings, power, and love. |
Contributor Bio(s): Harjo, Joy: - Joy Harjo is an internationally renowned performer and writer of the Muscogee Creek Nation and was named United States Poet Laureate in 2019. The author of eight books of poetry and a memoir, Crazy Brave, her many honors include the Jackson Poetry Prize, the Ruth Lilly Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Josephine Miles Poetry Award, the William Carlos Williams Award, and the American Indian Distinguished Achievement in the Arts Award. She lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where she is a Tulsa Artist Fellow. |