An American Sunrise: Poems by Joy Harjo

An American Sunrise: Poems

Joy Harjo

144 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history poetry race emotional reflective medium-paced

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In the early 1800s, the Mvskoke people were forcibly removed from their original lands east of the Mississippi to Indian Territory, which is now part of Oklahoma. Two hundred years later, Joy Harjo returns to her family's lands and opens a dialogu...

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reflective 85%
emotional 79%
inspiring 36%
challenging 35%
hopeful 32%
informative 32%
sad 32%
dark 10%
adventurous 3%
mysterious 3%
relaxing 3%
tense 3%
funny 1%

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