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A review by katharina90
Poet Warrior by Joy Harjo
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
4.5
The kind of memoir only Joy Harjo could write. A beautiful blend of prose and poetry, of memories and teachings.
Some anecdotes were more interesting than others, but overall it was an insightful and moving collection.
Some anecdotes were more interesting than others, but overall it was an insightful and moving collection.
"My failures have been my most exacting teachers. They are all linked by one central characteristic, and that is the failure to properly regard the voice of inner truth."
“We are all here to serve each other. At some point we have to understand that we do not need to carry a story that is unbearable. We can observe the story, which is mental; feel the story, which is physical; let the story go, which is emotional; then forgive the story, which is spiritual, after which we use the materials of it to build a house of knowledge.”
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racism, and Colonisation