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Joy Harjo (/ ˈ h ɑːr dʒ oʊ / HAR-joh; born May 9, 1951) is an American poet, musician, playwright, and author.She served as the 23rd United States Poet Laureate, the first Native American to hold that honor.
Crazy Brave was written over the span of 14 years. Harjo's younger sibling has said that the violence perpetrated by Harjo's stepdad was extremely downplayed in the memoir. [12] Joy Harjo uses her memoir to talk about past traumas and abusive father figures. [13] Joy Harjo sectioned Crazy Brave into four-part, east, north, west, and south. [14]
Besides writing poetry, Harjo sings, plays saxophone and flute - she's recorded seven albums - and writes children's books, among other endeavors.
"All My Life" by K-Ci & JoJo (1997) "Close to me you're like my father, Close to me you're like my sister, Close to me you're like my brother" Well, OK—that seems weird, but I'm still down with it.
Russell Simmons presents Def Poetry, better known as simply Def Poetry Jam or Def Poetry, is a spoken word poetry television series hosted by Mos Def and airing on HBO between 2002 and 2007. The series features performances by established and up-and-coming spoken word poets.
Harjo is a surname, derived from the Muscogee word Hadcho meaning "Crazy" or "So Brave as to Seem crazy". [1] [2] Notable people with the name include: Albert Harjo (1937–2019), Muscogee artist; Benjamin Harjo, Jr. (born 1945), Absentee Shawnee/Seminole painter and printmaker; Chitto Harjo (Crazy Snake, 1846–1911), Muscogee warrior and activist
The film narrates that when in 1962 Pete Harjo, the director's grandfather, mysteriously went missing after his car crashed on a rural bridge in Sasakwa, Oklahoma, members of his Seminole and Muscogee community searched for him while singing songs of faith and hope that had been passed on for generations, with roots in both Scottish hymn lining and African American music.
Poet Laureate of the United States Joy Harjo, June 6, 2019. Harjo is the first Native American to serve as poet laureate and is a member of the Muscogee Creek Nation. Photo by Shawn Miller/Library of Congress.