Discover the profound anthology, Living Nations, Living Words, featuring the impactful voices of contemporary Native poets like Joy Harjo, Natalie Diaz, and Sherwin Bitsui. This beautiful collection not only celebrates the rich heritage of Native American poetry but also explores themes of place, displacement, and the deep connections between land and identity. With 240 pages of stirring poetry, this book encourages readers to reflect on the vital contributions of Indigenous artists and their resilience in the face of historical and contemporary challenges. As the first Native U.S. Poet Laureate, Harjo's project maps out a digital landscape rich with narratives and voices that speak to the heart of American culture. Ideal for poetry enthusiasts and readers interested in diversity, this anthology serves as a vital resource for understanding the tapestry of Native voices in contemporary literature. Experience the beauty of these poets' words, each verse a testament to heritage, kinship, and the enduring spirit of living traditions. This product is brand new and comes with free shipping. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be canceled.

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Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780393867916
Year: 2021
Publisher: W W Norton & Company
Pages: 240


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Joy Harjo, the first Native poet to serve as U.S. Poet Laureate, has championed the voices of Native peoples past and present. Her signature laureate project gathers the work of contemporary Native poets into a national, fully digital map of story, sound, and space, celebrating their vital and unequivocal contributions to American poetry.


This companion anthology features each poem and poet from the project?including Natalie Diaz, Ray Young Bear, Craig Santos Perez, Sherwin Bitsui, and Layli Long Soldier, among others?to offer readers a chance to hold the wealth of poems in their hands. The chosen poems reflect on the theme of place and displacement and circle the touchpoints of visibility, persistence, resistance, and acknowledgment. Each poem?showcases, as Joy Harjo writes in her stirring introduction, ?that heritage is a living thing, and there can be no heritage without land and the relationships that outline our kinship.? In this country, poetry is rooted in the more than five hundred living indigenous nations.?Living Nations, Living Words?is a representative offering.