How We Became Human (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Joy Foster
- First Published: 2002
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Genres: Poetry, Anthology, Lyric poetry
- Subjects: Creation myth, Mythology or myths, Power, personal or social, Colonialism, Twentieth century, Twenty-first century, Human race, Native Americans or American Indians, Oklahoma, Ethnic groups, Feminism, Oppression, Minorities, Spiritualism, Oral history, Terrorism or terrorists, Deserts, Land settlement
When Joy Harjo published her first chapbook The Last Song in 1975, Native American literature was just beginning to gain literary and critical attention. Writers such as Leslie Marmon Silko, Linda Hogan, N. Scott Momaday, and Harjo, once considered pioneers of this important movement, are now viewed as accomplished artists whose work is often included in American literature anthologies. Harjo’s poetry, in particular, has gained wide recognition and praise for its political, social, cultural, and spiritual content. A mixed-blood Muskogee Creek, Harjo frequently blends...
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