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- Crazy Brave byISBN: 9780393073461A spiritual coming-of-age memoir from a poet praised for her 'breathtaking complex witness and world-remaking language' (Adrienne Rich). In this transcendent memoir, grounded in tribal myth and ancestry, music and poetry, Joy Harjo, one of our leading Native American voices, details her journey to becoming a poet. Born in Oklahoma, the end place of the Trail of Tears, Harjo grew up learning to dodge an abusive stepfather by finding shelter in her imagination, a deep spiritual life, and connection with the natural world. She attended an Indian arts boarding school, where she nourished an appreciation for painting, music, and poetry; gave birth while still a teenager; and struggled on her own as a single mother, eventually finding her poetic voice. Narrating the complexities of betrayal and love, Crazy Brave is a memoir about family and the breaking apart necessary in finding a voice. Harjo's tale of a hardscrabble youth, young adulthood, and transformation into an award-winning poet and musician is haunting, unique, and visionary.
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Critics' Opinion: Readers' Opinion: Not Yet Rated. First Published: Jul 2012, 176 pages Paperback: Jul 2013, 176 pages Genres. Book Reviewed by: Stacey Brownlie Buy This Book. About this Book. Harjo opens the memoir with her first epiphany about the strange power of music. She notes her realization that music can be used to communicate more profoundly and evocatively than language. The notes she hears of stomp-dance shells and singing reflect her ancestral traditions, and the suits and fine hats evoke her love for her father. Crazy Brave U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo speaks at One Book One Region. We are in a time of great distress, U.S. Poet Laureate and Crazy Brave author Joy Harjo told hundreds of members of the Connecticut College and eastern Connecticut communities during the virtual One Book One Region event this fall. “The Earth is in distress, the governance of this country is in distress, there is.