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Joy Harjo, U.S. Poet Laureate: A Resource Guide from the Library of Congress; Joy Harjo: Academy of American Poet s; Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture – Harjo, Joy Archived 2014-05-25 at the Wayback Machine; Joy Harjo at Library of Congress, with 21 library catalog records; Interview with Joe Harjo on BBC Outlook (starting at 26.30)
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]
The 1970s saw important fiction by James Welch (Blackfeet and A-aninin), Leslie Marmon Silko (Laguna descent), and Gerald Vizenor (Chippewa), and poetry by Joy Harjo (Muscogee), Simon J. Ortiz (Acoma), and Wendy Rose (Hopi/Miwok). Many authors have done significant work in both genres, such as Joseph Bruchac (Abenaki).
Besides writing poetry, Harjo sings, plays saxophone and flute - she's recorded seven albums - and writes children's books, among other endeavors.
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Her poetry has been published or re-published in a number of journals and poetry collections, including two collections edited by Joseph Bruchac, Songs from This Earth on Turtle's Back [15] and Survival This Way, [10] and in a 2020 collection edited by Joy Harjo, When the Light of the World was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through. [16]
In 2023, Goade collaborated with former U.S. poet laureate Joy Harjo on Remember, a picture book adaptation of Harjo’s poem of the same name. [18] Additionally, Goade was the cover artist for the young adult thriller, Warrior Girl Unearthed (2023) by Angeline Boulley. [19]
Chitto Harjo (Crazy Snake, 1846–1911), Muscogee warrior and activist; Edmond Harjo (1917–2014), American Seminole Code Talker during World War II; Joy Harjo (born 1951), Muscogee/Cherokee poet, musician, author, and U.S. Poet Laureate; Osvald Harjo (1910–1993), Norwegian resistance member; Sharron Ahtone Harjo (born 1945), Kiowa painter