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The Spiral of Memory: Interviews
Joy Harjo
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With the recently-published The Woman Who Fell from the Sky, Joy Harjo has emerged as one of the most powerful Native American voices of her generation. Over the past two decades, Harjo has refined and perfected a unique poetic voice that speaks her multifaceted experience as Native American, woman and Westerner in twentieth-century society.
The Spiral of Memory gathers the conversations in which Harjo has articulated her singular yet universal perspective on the world and her poetry. She reflects upon the nuances and development of her art, the importance of her origins, the arduous reconstruction of the tribal past, the dramatic confrontation between Native American and Anglo civilizations, the existential and artistic itinerary through present-day America, and other provocative and profoundly human themes.
Joy Harjo is the author of several volumes of poetry. She received awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Before Columbus Foundation, and the Poetry Society of America. She is Professor of English, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. Laura Coltelli is Associate Professor of American Literature, University of Pisa.
The Spiral of Memory gathers the conversations in which Harjo has articulated her singular yet universal perspective on the world and her poetry. She reflects upon the nuances and development of her art, the importance of her origins, the arduous reconstruction of the tribal past, the dramatic confrontation between Native American and Anglo civilizations, the existential and artistic itinerary through present-day America, and other provocative and profoundly human themes.
Joy Harjo is the author of several volumes of poetry. She received awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Before Columbus Foundation, and the Poetry Society of America. She is Professor of English, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. Laura Coltelli is Associate Professor of American Literature, University of Pisa.
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Introduction: The Transforming Power of Joy Harjo’s Poetry
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The Creative Process
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The Story of All Our Survival: Interview with Joseph Bruchac
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Ancestral Voices: Interview with Bill Moyers
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Warrior Road: Interview with Helen Jaskoski
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The Circular Dream: Interview with Laura Coltelli
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Landscape and the Place Inside: Interview with Sharyn Stever
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Horses, Poetry, and Music: Interview with Carol H. Grimes
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The Spectrum of Other Languages: Interview with Bill Aull, James McGowan, Bruce Morgan, Fay Rouseff-Baker, and Cai Fitzgerald
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In Love and War and Music: Interview with Marilyn Kallet
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Weaving Stories for Food: Interview with Donelle R. Ruwe
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A Laughter of Absolute Sanity: Interview with Angels Carabi
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Published: 1995
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
- 978-0-472-06581-3 (paper)
- 978-0-472-22022-9 (ebook)