How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems 1975-2002 by Joy Harjo

How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems 1975-2002

Joy Harjo

272 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 87%
hopeful 50%
challenging 37%
dark 25%
inspiring 25%
mysterious 12%
sad 12%
tense 12%

Pace

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slow 28%
fast 14%

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