How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems: 1975-2001 by Joy Harjo

How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems: 1975-2001

Joy Harjo

242 pages first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction feminism poetry emotional informative reflective slow-paced

Description

Over a quarter-century's work from the 2003 winner of the Arrell Gibson Award for Lifetime Achievement.This collection gathers poems from throughout Joy Harjo's twenty-eight-year career, beginning in 1973 in the age marked by the takeover at Wound...

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Moods

emotional 100%
reflective 92%
challenging 50%
dark 42%
hopeful 35%
inspiring 28%
sad 21%
informative 14%
mysterious 14%
tense 7%

Pace

medium 53%
slow 30%
fast 15%

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