21. VG: Artist Biography: Harjo, Joy The talented Native American, joy harjo, came from a family of Muscogee painters which she herself planned on becoming. harjo is not a fullblood Native http://voices.cla.umn.edu/vg/Bios/entries/harjo_joy.html

Art Praxis Bios By Name By Date By Location ... Bios Joy Harjo b. 1951 I believe those so-called 'womanly' traits are traits of the warrior. Vulnerability is one, you know. The word, warrior, it applies to women just as well. I don't see it as exclusive to a male society. Male and female traits are within each human, anyway. I've known some of the greatest warriors in my life. They've stood up in the face of danger, in the face of hopelessness. They've been bravenot in the national headlines, but they've been true to themselves, and who they are, and to their families. Their act of bravery could have been to feed their children, to more than survive. - From an Interview with Helen Jaskoski permissions info Jump to: Biography and Criticism Selected Bibliography Non-English Materials Related Links Biography / Criticism The love of language that Harjo possesses comes from her father's grandfather who was a full-blood Creek Baptist minister and her mother who composed songs that could translate heartache. Other important influences include Leslie Silko , Simon Ortiz, Galway Kinnell, and Leo Remero. She attended class with Leslie Silko and Galway Kinnell which inspired her to become a poet and use the beauty of words to her advantage. Since that time, Joy has released six major books containing her powerful works of poetry.

22. Joy Harjo The Academy of American Poets presents a biography, photograph, and selected poems. http://www.poets.org/jharj/

23. CD Baby: JOY HARJO: Native Joy For Real Six years in the making, joy harjo s new cd, Native joy For Real is finally here! This is her first cd since Letter From the End of the Twentieth Century http://cdbaby.com/cd/joyharjo

CD Baby : home search new music ... cart Joy Harjo Native Joy for Real © 2004 Joy Harjo (825346254326) CD price: $14.99 CD IN STOCK. ORDER NOW. Will ship immediately. [MP3 downloads temporarily disabled] MP3 price: $14.99 About MP3 downloads at CD Baby Crossover between alternative, jazz, native american, folk and poetry tracks The Last World of Fire and Trash 2 Grace Fear Song Hold Up 5 The Woman Hanging from the 13th Floor 6 Reality Show This is My Heart 8 Eagle Song 9 Morning Song The Had-It-Up-to-Here Round Dance try this genres you will love World Native American Folk Power-folk ... Featuring Saxophone By Location USA: Hawaii Recommended if you like ... Sade Suzanne Vega Jim Pepper links Joy Harjo Apple iTunes MusicIsHere Bitmunk ... GroupieTunes notes What happens when you mix the powerful lyrics of an internationally known poet with her raw smoky singing and top it with jazzy, saucy licks of her alto sax? All of this over a music that defies categorization: it's a distinct native sound blended with jazz, rock, even folk and a touch of hip hop soul for spice. You can sing to it, you can dance to it, cry to it, even laugh a little. Six years in the making, Joy Harjo's new cd, Native Joy For Real is finally here! This is her first cd since Letter From the End of the Twentieth Century and is also her first solo cd. All songs are written by Harjo. The cd is co-produced by Harjo and Richard Barron of Sonora Recorders in Los Feliz, California under the label of Mekko Productions. The official release date of the new cd is September 15, 2004.

24. PAL: Joy Harjo (1951- ) Reinventing the enemy s language contemporary native women s writing of North America. edited by joy harjo and Gloria Bird; with Patricia Blanco, http://web.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap10/harjo.html

PAL: Perspectives in American Literature - A Research and Reference Guide - An Ongoing Project Paul P. Reuben (To send an email, please click on my name above.) Chapter 10: Joy Harjo (1951- ) Joy Harjo Home Native American Authors: JH JH Web Log Primary Works ... Home Page Source: Old Dominion Univ: JH Primary Works The Last Song, What Moon Drove Me to This, She had some horses, Secrets from the center of the world, In Mad Love and War, The woman who fell from the sky, The Spiral of Memory: Interviews, Reinventing the enemy's language, A map to the next world: poetry and tales, She had some horses. NY: Thunder's Mouth P, 1983. PS3558 .A62423 S5 Secrets from the center of the world. photographs by Stephen Strom. Tucson: Sun Tracks: University of Arizona P, 1989. PS3558 .A62423 S43x The woman who fell from the sky: poems. NY: W.W. Norton, 1996. PS3558 .A62423 W66 Reinventing the enemy's language: contemporary native women's writing of North America. A map to the next world: poetry and tales. The good luck cat.

25. Literary Friendships From American Public Media Sandra Cisneros and joy harjo met in graduate school in the 1970s at the Iowa Writers Workshop, where both faced extreme skepticism from their teachers and http://literaryfriendships.publicradio.org/

Support American Public Media with your Amazon.com purchases Search Amazon.com: All Products Automotive Baby Beauty Books Classical Music Computers DVD Electronics Gourmet Food Grocery Magazine Subscriptions Miscellaneous Music Musical Instruments Software VHS Keywords: Search: Contact Purchase Skip over navigation Questions, comments, or suggestions for future Literary Friendships? Contact us here Writing is solitary, obsessive, and prickly, and that makes literary friendships all the sweeter. Here is a new series that celebrates affection and loyalty between solitudes. Thanks for helping us make the pilot season of Literary Friendships a successful one. We're still looking for your suggestions for more guests, or any comments you may have. In the meantime, please scroll down to enjoy the full audio for each Literary Friendship event this season. JOIN GARRISON KEILLOR as he hosts a brand new series: he's invited an outstanding group of American writers to talk about What really happens when two writers become friends? Literary Friendships features poets, mystery writers, and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelists exploring the solitude of writing and the company of friendship.

26. YouTube - Este Es Mi Corazón (Joy Harjo, Nación Muscogee, EE.UU.) Memoria del Festival Internacional de Poesía de Medellín. joy harjo nació en Tulsa, Oklahoma, Estados Unidos, en 1951. Pertenece a la Nación Muskogee. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXE1j2cAYUA

27. Joy Harjo Biography, Discography, Filmography, Born in Tulsa, OK, and a member of the Muskogee Tribe, joy harjo has sought to blend poetry with music, incorporating Native American tribal music, jazz, http://www.starpulse.com/Music/Harjo,_Joy/index.html

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28. Silver Wave Records: Native American Music, World Music & New Age Music. joy harjo Poetic Justice s page on independent music label, Silver Wave Records, which features Native American, World and New Age artists. http://www.silverwave.com/harjo.html

29. Online NewsHour: Essay | Poet's Work Honors Native Spirit | August 23, 2007 | PB Essay from the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer joy harjo Reflects on the Spirit of Poetry Born into the Muscogee Creek Nation in Oklahoma, joy harjo s poetry, http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/july-dec07/harjo_08-23.html

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30. Poetry Magazine, Featured Poet: Joy Harjo, February 2003 Poetry by joy harjo, NAMING , EQUINOX, IT S RAINING IN HONOLULU, AND IF I AWAKEN IN LOS ANGELES, WHEN THE WORLD AS WE KNEW IT ENDED. http://www.poetrymagazine.com/archives/2003/March03/harjo.htm

Poetry Magazine Joy Harjo USA JOY HARJO's newest book is How We Became Human, New and Selected Poems: 1975-2001, from W. W. Norton & Co. Publishers Weekly says it is "alive with compassion, pain and love, ...unquestionably an act of kindness." She is the author of six other books of poetry: A Map to the Next World, The Woman Who Fell from the Sky, In Mad Love and War, Secrets from the Center of the World, She Had Some Horses, and What Moon Drove Me to This? See http://www.unm.edu/~wrtgsw/harjo.html with link to Joy Harjo's audio. WHEN THE WORLD AS WE KNEW IT ENDED We were dreaming on an occupied island at the farthest edge of a trembling nation when it went down. Two towers rose up from the east island of commerce and touched the sky. Men walked on the moon. Oil was sucked dry by two brothers. Then it went down. Swallowed by a fire dragon, by oil and fear. Eaten whole.

31. Poet And Saxophonist Joy Harjo To Visit April 14 - MIT News Office Poet, composer and singer joy harjo will present a performance and reading titled How We Became Human on Wednesday, April 14. http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2004/arts-harjo-0407.html

Skip to content massachusetts institute of technology news office advanced search ... archives services request images subscribe submit news promote news ... media inquiries about us news office info MIT background contact Poet and saxophonist Joy Harjo to visit April 14 April 7, 2004 Poet, composer and singer Joy Harjo will present a performance and reading titled "How We Became Human" on Wednesday, April 14 at 5 p.m. in Room 56-154. As a member of the Muskogee tribe, Harjo attended the Institute of American Indian Arts in New Mexico, where she studied painting and theater. She began writing poetry in 1973, the same year the federal government took over the village of Wounded Knee in South Dakota's Pine Ridge Sioux Reservation. Harjo felt the national Indian political climate demanded singers and speakers, so she took up the saxophone to reflect Native American political issues with a sound involving elements of tribal musics, jazz and rock. Harjo, one of America's foremost poets, blends storytelling, prayer and song in work drawn from Native American tradition of praising the land and the spirit. She performs her poetry and plays saxophone with her band Poetic Justice. "It doesn't make sense for a poet/singer to play saxophone," she said to the Boston Herald in April 2003. "But I love the sound of the saxophone. To me it sounds like the human voice. I liked the places where a saxophone could goplaces where words can't."

32. Native America Calling - Media Archives Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma and an enrolled member of the Muskogee Tribe, joy harjo came to New Mexico to attend the Institute of American Indian Arts where she http://www.nativecalling.org/archives/guests/harjo.html

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33. The Literary West At The Virginia Festival Of The Book UVa Professors Frank Papovich and Debra Nystrom led an informal discussion with Judy Blunt, joy harjo, and Dan O Brien on the various ways that images of http://www.vcdh.virginia.edu/lewisandclark/lcbp/projects/litwest.html

The Literary West The Virginia Festival of the Book March 24-28, 2004, Charlottesville, Virginia RealPlayer is required to listen to all audio clips. You may download RealPlayer here March 25, 2004 3:30-5:00 p.m. Conference Room, Science and Engineering Library Clark Hall, University of Virginia Diane Smith discussed her newest novel, Pictures from an Expedition , and answered questions in this intimate session with students, library staff, and faculty. March 25, 2004 3:30-5:00 p.m. Faculty Lounge Bryan Hall "The American West in the Literary Imagination." UVa Professors Frank Papovich and Debra Nystrom led an informal discussion with Judy Blunt, Joy Harjo, and Dan O'Brien on the various ways that images of the American West are used in contemporary creative writing. The discussion was attended by undergraduates, graduates, and faculty members. March 26, 2004 8:00 p.m. Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia A panel discussion focusing on the culture and literature coming out of the contemporary American West, and the way the region is represented. University of Virginia English professor Frank Papovich introduced the panelists and the evening's themes. Some of the topics discussed included:

34. Lannan Foundation - Joy Harjo, In Support Of The Santa Fe Indian School, Wednesd joy harjo was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma and is a member of the Mvskoke (Creek) Tribe. She came to New Mexico to attend the Institute of American Indian Arts http://www.lannan.org/lf/rc/event/joy-harjo/

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35. Test13 2006 joy harjo Poetry Competition Finalists. Shannon Amidon of Spokane, WA, How Sarah Took the Easy Way joy Arnett of Winston, OR, Holding On http://www.cutthroatmag.com/finalists.html

a journal of the arts... Worlds into words into WORLDS 2007 Joy Harjo Poetry Competition Finalists Harbor, WA Norfolk, VA 2007 Rick DeMarinis Short Fiction Competition Finalists Livermore, CA 2007 Joy Harjo Poetry Competition Semi-Finalists Joyce Stephen, Chaska, MN Rockport, MO Thessoloniki, Greece “A Lacework that has Unraveled, "The Bitter Bark Robertson, Eugene, OR 2007 Rick DeMarinis Short Fiction Competition Semi- Finalists Untitled, Tom Byrne, Durango, CO

36. Ploughshares, The Literary Journal To hear harjo perform is to learn there will be no chitchat, no diversion whatsoever; . joy harjo Poetry Fiction Issue 95 Vol. 30/4 ISBN 0933277423 http://www.pshares.org/issues/article.cfm?prmArticleID=8141

37. Speakers Platform Speakers Bureau: Joy Harjo, Keynote Speaker On: Arts / Music / joy harjo s Speakers Platform Speakers Bureau speaking information Web site. Speaker On Arts / Music / Drama, NativeAmerican Issues, Women s Issues, http://www.speaking.com/speakers/joyharjo.html

Joy Harjo TOPICS: Arts / Music / Drama Native-American Issues Women's Issues Culture FEE CATEGORY:* 5.0k to 10.0k TRAVELS FROM: Hawaii Profile Request This Speaker Joy Harjo: Profile Joy Harjo was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on May 9th, 1951 to Wynema Baker and Allen W. Foster.  She is an enrolled member of the Creek tribe, and is also of Cherokee, French, and Irish descent.  Descended from a long line of tribal leaders on her father’s side, including Monahwee, leader of the Red Stick War against Andrew Jackson, she often incorporates into her poetry themes of Indian survival amidst contemporary American life.  In 1970, at the age of 19, with the blessings of her parents, Joy took the last name of her maternal grandmother, Naomi Harjo.  As she often credits her great aunt, Lois Harjo, with teaching her about her Indian identity, this name change may have helped her to solidify her public link with this heritage.              Although primarily known as a poet, Harjo conceives of herself as a visual artist.  She left Oklahoma at age 16 to attend the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico, originally studying painting.  After attending a reading by poet Simon Ortiz, she changed her major to poetry.  At 17, she returned to Oklahoma to give birth to her son, Phil Dayn, walking four blocks while in labor to the Indian hospital in Talequah. Her daughter, Rainy Dawn, was born four years later in Albuquerque.  For years, Harjo supported herself and her children with a variety of jobs:  waitress, service-station attendant, hospital janitor, nurse’s assistant, dance teacher.  She then went on to earn a B.A. in English from the University of New Mexico in 1976 and an M.F.A. in poetry from the University of Iowa’s famed Iowa Writer’s Workshop in 1978.  She then went on to an impressive list of teaching positions beginning with the Institute of American Indian Arts. She currently teaches at both the University of Hawaii and the University of California at Los Angeles.

38. Joy Harjo - Native Networks joy harjo Writer and musician joy harjo (Muscogee Creek) has won many awards for her poetry, which is known for its vivid images and directness. http://www.nativenetworks.si.edu/eng/rose/harjo_j.htm

January 2005 Writer and musician Joy Harjo (Muscogee Creek) has won many awards for her poetry, which is known for its vivid images and directness. The Oklahoma Center for the Book honored Harjo in 2003 with both the Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award and the Oklahoma Book Award for Poetry, in recognition of her anthology How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems . An accomplished screenwriter, she has recently written with Scott Garen the script for A Thousand Roads , directed by Chris Eyre for regular screening at NMAI. Harjo developed her early work on the spoken word performance circuit in the Southwest. She set her words to music with her first band, Joy Harjo and Poetic Justice, and continues to perform original music today, releasing the album Native Joy for Real in 2004. Harjo received an MFA at the University of Iowa and a BA from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. Harjo lives in Honolulu, where she was a 2003 Distinguished Visiting Writer at the University of Hawai'i.

39. Joy Harjo Criticism harjo, joy 1951–. of landscape and story within the Native American world view. In Mad Love and War focuses on politics, tradition, remembrance, http://www.enotes.com/poetry-criticism/harjo-joy

utmSetVar('lit_all'); Joy Harjo Criticism and Essays Welcome, guest! Login Join eNotes Entire Site Literature Science History Business Soc. Sciences Health Arts College Journals Literature Science History Business ... Z Search All Criticism: Printable Version Download PDF Cite this Page Joy Harjo 1951– American poet, screenwriter, short story writer, and editor. INTRODUCTION Strongly influenced by her Muscogee Creek heritage, feminist and social concerns, and her background in the arts, Harjo frequently incorporates Native American myths, symbols, and values into her writing. Her poetry emphasizes the Southwest landscape and the need for remembrance and transcendence. She is also praised for her powerful poetic voice and clear vision. Biographical Information Major Works Harjo's work is largely autobiographical, informed by her love of the natural world and preoccupation with transcendence, survival, and the limitations of language. The search for freedom and self-actualization are considered central to her volume She Had Some Horses , which incorporates prayer-chants and animal imagery. Nature is also a prominent theme of her prose poetry collection

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