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Just learned that poet-musician Joy Harjo has a new record out produced by none other than Esperanza Spalding -- nice!

"Insomnia and Seven Steps to Grace"

https://joyharjo.bandcamp.com/album/insomnia-and-seven-steps-to-grace

#JoyHarjo #EsperanzaSpalding #NewMusic2026 #Poetry #Jazz

Just learned that poet-musician Joy Harjo has a new record out produced by none other than Esperanza Spalding -- nice!

"Insomnia and Seven Steps to Grace"

https://joyharjo.bandcamp.com/album/insomnia-and-seven-steps-to-grace

#JoyHarjo #EsperanzaSpalding #NewMusic2026 #Poetry #Jazz

Just learned that poet-musician Joy Harjo has a new record out produced by none other than Esperanza Spalding -- nice!

"Insomnia and Seven Steps to Grace"

https://joyharjo.bandcamp.com/album/insomnia-and-seven-steps-to-grace

#JoyHarjo #EsperanzaSpalding #NewMusic2026 #Poetry #Jazz

Just learned that poet-musician Joy Harjo has a new record out produced by none other than Esperanza Spalding -- nice!

"Insomnia and Seven Steps to Grace"

https://joyharjo.bandcamp.com/album/insomnia-and-seven-steps-to-grace

#JoyHarjo #EsperanzaSpalding #NewMusic2026 #Poetry #Jazz

Just learned that poet-musician Joy Harjo has a new record out produced by none other than Esperanza Spalding -- nice!

"Insomnia and Seven Steps to Grace"

https://joyharjo.bandcamp.com/album/insomnia-and-seven-steps-to-grace

#JoyHarjo #EsperanzaSpalding #NewMusic2026 #Poetry #Jazz

Everyone comes into the world with a job to do

Everyone comes into the world with a job to do—

I don’t mean working for a company, a corporation—

we were all given gifts to share, even the animals,

even the plants, minerals, clouds

. . . all beings.

From ‘Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings’ by Native American Poet Laureate Joy Harjo

Everyone comes into the world with a job to do

Everyone comes into the world with a job to do—

I don’t mean working for a company, a corporation—

we were all given gifts to share, even the animals,

even the plants, minerals, clouds

. . . all beings.

From ‘Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings’ by Native American Poet Laureate Joy Harjo

What changes a person isn't usually punishment or advice but the moment they experience enough warmth, steadiness, or recognition to stop organising themselves around shame — and from there, the desire to help the next person through becomes possible in a way fear never produces.

This week's reflection: https://emotus.substack.com/p/daily-reflection-2025-05-21

#JoyHarjo #LifeboatAcademy #StayHuman #CommunityCare #ClimateResilience

What changes a person isn't usually punishment or advice but the moment they experience enough warmth, steadiness, or recognition to stop organising themselves around shame — and from there, the desire to help the next person through becomes possible in a way fear never produces.

This week's reflection: https://emotus.substack.com/p/daily-reflection-2025-05-21

#JoyHarjo #LifeboatAcademy #StayHuman #CommunityCare #ClimateResilience

What changes a person isn't usually punishment or advice but the moment they experience enough warmth, steadiness, or recognition to stop organising themselves around shame — and from there, the desire to help the next person through becomes possible in a way fear never produces.

This week's reflection: https://emotus.substack.com/p/daily-reflection-2025-05-21

#JoyHarjo #LifeboatAcademy #StayHuman #CommunityCare #ClimateResilience

What changes a person isn't usually punishment or advice but the moment they experience enough warmth, steadiness, or recognition to stop organising themselves around shame — and from there, the desire to help the next person through becomes possible in a way fear never produces.

This week's reflection: https://emotus.substack.com/p/daily-reflection-2025-05-21

#JoyHarjo #LifeboatAcademy #StayHuman #CommunityCare #ClimateResilience

What changes a person isn't usually punishment or advice but the moment they experience enough warmth, steadiness, or recognition to stop organising themselves around shame — and from there, the desire to help the next person through becomes possible in a way fear never produces.

This week's reflection: https://emotus.substack.com/p/daily-reflection-2025-05-21

#JoyHarjo #LifeboatAcademy #StayHuman #CommunityCare #ClimateResilience

You remember the room, or the table, or the particular light, and the way the conversation moved without anyone steering it, and how at some point you stopped being aware of yourself and noticed instead the faces of the others, their ease, the way they laughed, and you knew, without quite thinking it, that this was the thing. Then it was over. And you still go back there.

This week's reflection @ https://emotus.substack.com/p/permission-to-be-seen

#JoyHarjo #LifeboatAcademy #Farmastery #StayHuman

You remember the room, or the table, or the particular light, and the way the conversation moved without anyone steering it, and how at some point you stopped being aware of yourself and noticed instead the faces of the others, their ease, the way they laughed, and you knew, without quite thinking it, that this was the thing. Then it was over. And you still go back there.

This week's reflection @ https://emotus.substack.com/p/permission-to-be-seen

#JoyHarjo #LifeboatAcademy #Farmastery #StayHuman

You remember the room, or the table, or the particular light, and the way the conversation moved without anyone steering it, and how at some point you stopped being aware of yourself and noticed instead the faces of the others, their ease, the way they laughed, and you knew, without quite thinking it, that this was the thing. Then it was over. And you still go back there.

This week's reflection @ https://emotus.substack.com/p/permission-to-be-seen

#JoyHarjo #LifeboatAcademy #Farmastery #StayHuman

You remember the room, or the table, or the particular light, and the way the conversation moved without anyone steering it, and how at some point you stopped being aware of yourself and noticed instead the faces of the others, their ease, the way they laughed, and you knew, without quite thinking it, that this was the thing. Then it was over. And you still go back there.

This week's reflection @ https://emotus.substack.com/p/permission-to-be-seen

#JoyHarjo #LifeboatAcademy #Farmastery #StayHuman

The bones of native peoples

Imagine if we natives went to the cemeteries in your cities and dug up your beloved relatives, pulled off rings, watches, and clothes and called them “artefacts,” then carried the bones over to the university for study so we could understand you. Consider that there are more bones of native people in universities and museums for study, than there are those of us living.

From ‘Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings’ by Native American Poet Laureate Joy Harjo

https://youtu.be/F3eHJYPId1k?feature=shared

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The bones of native peoples

Imagine if we natives went to the cemeteries in your cities and dug up your beloved relatives, pulled off rings, watches, and clothes and called them “artefacts,” then carried the bones over to the university for study so we could understand you. Consider that there are more bones of native people in universities and museums for study, than there are those of us living.

From ‘Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings’ by Native American Poet Laureate Joy Harjo

https://youtu.be/F3eHJYPId1k?feature=shared

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The bones of native peoples

Imagine if we natives went to the cemeteries in your cities and dug up your beloved relatives, pulled off rings, watches, and clothes and called them “artefacts,” then carried the bones over to the university for study so we could understand you. Consider that there are more bones of native people in universities and museums for study, than there are those of us living.

From ‘Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings’ by Native American Poet Laureate Joy Harjo

https://youtu.be/F3eHJYPId1k?feature=shared

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The bones of native peoples

Imagine if we natives went to the cemeteries in your cities and dug up your beloved relatives, pulled off rings, watches, and clothes and called them “artefacts,” then carried the bones over to the university for study so we could understand you. Consider that there are more bones of native people in universities and museums for study, than there are those of us living.

From ‘Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings’ by Native American Poet Laureate Joy Harjo

https://youtu.be/F3eHJYPId1k?feature=shared

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The bones of native peoples

Imagine if we natives went to the cemeteries in your cities and dug up your beloved relatives, pulled off rings, watches, and clothes and called them “artefacts,” then carried the bones over to the university for study so we could understand you. Consider that there are more bones of native people in universities and museums for study, than there are those of us living.

From ‘Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings’ by Native American Poet Laureate Joy Harjo

https://youtu.be/F3eHJYPId1k?feature=shared

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75 years ago today, #JoyHarjo, American #poet, musician and 1st Native American US Poet Laureate (2019-22), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
#HappyBirthday #75 🎂🎈🎉🥳

75 years ago today, #JoyHarjo, American #poet, musician and 1st Native American US Poet Laureate (2019-22), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
#HappyBirthday #75 🎂🎈🎉🥳

75 years ago today, #JoyHarjo, American #poet, musician and 1st Native American US Poet Laureate (2019-22), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
#HappyBirthday #75 🎂🎈🎉🥳

75 years ago today, #JoyHarjo, American #poet, musician and 1st Native American US Poet Laureate (2019-22), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
#HappyBirthday #75 🎂🎈🎉🥳

75 years ago today, #JoyHarjo, American #poet, musician and 1st Native American US Poet Laureate (2019-22), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
#HappyBirthday #75 🎂🎈🎉🥳

We all have our helpers in seen and unseen realms

We all have helpers in seen and unseen realms.
Give them something to do.
Otherwise, they will grow inattentive with boredom.
They can clean junk from your mind,
Find the opening note for the chorus of a song,
Or give a grandchild a safe path through the dark.
They will not give you winning numbers at the casino,
Wash your dishes, or take out an enemy.
Thank them.
Feed them once in a while.

From ‘Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings’ by Native American Poet Laureate Joy Harjo

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We all have our helpers in seen and unseen realms

We all have helpers in seen and unseen realms.
Give them something to do.
Otherwise, they will grow inattentive with boredom.
They can clean junk from your mind,
Find the opening note for the chorus of a song,
Or give a grandchild a safe path through the dark.
They will not give you winning numbers at the casino,
Wash your dishes, or take out an enemy.
Thank them.
Feed them once in a while.

From ‘Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings’ by Native American Poet Laureate Joy Harjo

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We all have our helpers in seen and unseen realms

We all have helpers in seen and unseen realms.
Give them something to do.
Otherwise, they will grow inattentive with boredom.
They can clean junk from your mind,
Find the opening note for the chorus of a song,
Or give a grandchild a safe path through the dark.
They will not give you winning numbers at the casino,
Wash your dishes, or take out an enemy.
Thank them.
Feed them once in a while.

From ‘Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings’ by Native American Poet Laureate Joy Harjo

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We all have our helpers in seen and unseen realms

We all have helpers in seen and unseen realms.
Give them something to do.
Otherwise, they will grow inattentive with boredom.
They can clean junk from your mind,
Find the opening note for the chorus of a song,
Or give a grandchild a safe path through the dark.
They will not give you winning numbers at the casino,
Wash your dishes, or take out an enemy.
Thank them.
Feed them once in a while.

From ‘Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings’ by Native American Poet Laureate Joy Harjo

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We all have our helpers in seen and unseen realms

We all have helpers in seen and unseen realms.
Give them something to do.
Otherwise, they will grow inattentive with boredom.
They can clean junk from your mind,
Find the opening note for the chorus of a song,
Or give a grandchild a safe path through the dark.
They will not give you winning numbers at the casino,
Wash your dishes, or take out an enemy.
Thank them.
Feed them once in a while.

From ‘Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings’ by Native American Poet Laureate Joy Harjo

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A #panther poised in the cypress tree about to jump is a panther poised in a cypress tree about to jump.

The panther is a poem of fire green eyes and a heart charged by four winds of four directions. From 'Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings' by #Native American #Poet Laureate #JoyHarjo


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A #panther poised in the cypress tree about to jump is a panther poised in a cypress tree about to jump.

The panther is a poem of fire green eyes and a heart charged by four winds of four directions. From 'Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings' by #Native American #Poet Laureate #JoyHarjo


http://contentcatnip.com/2025/11/26/a-panther-is-a-poem-with-the-fire-green-eyes/

A #panther poised in the cypress tree about to jump is a panther poised in a cypress tree about to jump.

The panther is a poem of fire green eyes and a heart charged by four winds of four directions. From 'Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings' by #Native American #Poet Laureate #JoyHarjo


http://contentcatnip.com/2025/11/26/a-panther-is-a-poem-with-the-fire-green-eyes/

A #panther poised in the cypress tree about to jump is a panther poised in a cypress tree about to jump.

The panther is a poem of fire green eyes and a heart charged by four winds of four directions. From 'Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings' by #Native American #Poet Laureate #JoyHarjo


http://contentcatnip.com/2025/11/26/a-panther-is-a-poem-with-the-fire-green-eyes/

I lay at the feet of desire for years.
Then I heard this song, calling me.
It was a woman in a red dress, It was a man with a gun in his hand.
It was a table filled with fruit and flowers.
It was a fox of fire, a bird of stone.
Then, it was gone.
What was left disintegrated by rain and wind
I had followed desire, to the end.

#AmReading #AnAmericanSunrise #JoyHarjo #Poetry #Literature

I lay at the feet of desire for years.
Then I heard this song, calling me.
It was a woman in a red dress, It was a man with a gun in his hand.
It was a table filled with fruit and flowers.
It was a fox of fire, a bird of stone.
Then, it was gone.
What was left disintegrated by rain and wind
I had followed desire, to the end.

#AmReading #AnAmericanSunrise #JoyHarjo #Poetry #Literature

I lay at the feet of desire for years.
Then I heard this song, calling me.
It was a woman in a red dress, It was a man with a gun in his hand.
It was a table filled with fruit and flowers.
It was a fox of fire, a bird of stone.
Then, it was gone.
What was left disintegrated by rain and wind
I had followed desire, to the end.

#AmReading #AnAmericanSunrise #JoyHarjo #Poetry #Literature

I lay at the feet of desire for years.
Then I heard this song, calling me.
It was a woman in a red dress, It was a man with a gun in his hand.
It was a table filled with fruit and flowers.
It was a fox of fire, a bird of stone.
Then, it was gone.
What was left disintegrated by rain and wind
I had followed desire, to the end.

#AmReading #AnAmericanSunrise #JoyHarjo #Poetry #Literature

I lay at the feet of desire for years.
Then I heard this song, calling me.
It was a woman in a red dress, It was a man with a gun in his hand.
It was a table filled with fruit and flowers.
It was a fox of fire, a bird of stone.
Then, it was gone.
What was left disintegrated by rain and wind
I had followed desire, to the end.

#AmReading #AnAmericanSunrise #JoyHarjo #Poetry #Literature

I was desire's dog.
I ate when I was fed. I did what I was told.
I knew how to sit, stand and roll over on command.
When I was petted, I was made whole.
Even when I dreamed, I dreamed a chain around my neck.
Desire is a bone with traces of fat.
It's the wag smell of a bitch in heat.
It's that pinched hit at the end of a beat.
It's a stick thrown into a rabbit chase.

#AmReading #AnAmericanSunrise #JoyHarjo #Poetry #Literature

I was desire's dog.
I ate when I was fed. I did what I was told.
I knew how to sit, stand and roll over on command.
When I was petted, I was made whole.
Even when I dreamed, I dreamed a chain around my neck.
Desire is a bone with traces of fat.
It's the wag smell of a bitch in heat.
It's that pinched hit at the end of a beat.
It's a stick thrown into a rabbit chase.

#AmReading #AnAmericanSunrise #JoyHarjo #Poetry #Literature

I was desire's dog.
I ate when I was fed. I did what I was told.
I knew how to sit, stand and roll over on command.
When I was petted, I was made whole.
Even when I dreamed, I dreamed a chain around my neck.
Desire is a bone with traces of fat.
It's the wag smell of a bitch in heat.
It's that pinched hit at the end of a beat.
It's a stick thrown into a rabbit chase.

#AmReading #AnAmericanSunrise #JoyHarjo #Poetry #Literature

I was desire's dog.
I ate when I was fed. I did what I was told.
I knew how to sit, stand and roll over on command.
When I was petted, I was made whole.
Even when I dreamed, I dreamed a chain around my neck.
Desire is a bone with traces of fat.
It's the wag smell of a bitch in heat.
It's that pinched hit at the end of a beat.
It's a stick thrown into a rabbit chase.

#AmReading #AnAmericanSunrise #JoyHarjo #Poetry #Literature

I was desire's dog.
I ate when I was fed. I did what I was told.
I knew how to sit, stand and roll over on command.
When I was petted, I was made whole.
Even when I dreamed, I dreamed a chain around my neck.
Desire is a bone with traces of fat.
It's the wag smell of a bitch in heat.
It's that pinched hit at the end of a beat.
It's a stick thrown into a rabbit chase.

#AmReading #AnAmericanSunrise #JoyHarjo #Poetry #Literature

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Harjo's poetry is deeply rooted in her ancestral roots and the intergenerational #trauma of #colonisation. Her collection is a profound #meditation on the lives, struggles, and resilience of all indigenous peoples. #Indigenous #native #literature #books #bookreview #JoyHarjo #Poetry #poems

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Harjo's poetry is deeply rooted in her ancestral roots and the intergenerational #trauma of #colonisation. Her collection is a profound #meditation on the lives, struggles, and resilience of all indigenous peoples. #Indigenous #native #literature #books #bookreview #JoyHarjo #Poetry #poems

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Harjo's poetry is deeply rooted in her ancestral roots and the intergenerational #trauma of #colonisation. Her collection is a profound #meditation on the lives, struggles, and resilience of all indigenous peoples. #Indigenous #native #literature #books #bookreview #JoyHarjo #Poetry #poems

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Harjo's poetry is deeply rooted in her ancestral roots and the intergenerational #trauma of #colonisation. Her collection is a profound #meditation on the lives, struggles, and resilience of all indigenous peoples. #Indigenous #native #literature #books #bookreview #JoyHarjo #Poetry #poems

http://contentcatnip.com/2025/10/12/book-review-conflict-resolution-for-holy-beings-by-joy-harjo/

Book Review: Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings by Joy Harjo

Harjo’s poetry is deeply rooted in her ancestral roots and the intergenerational trauma of colonisation. Her collection is a profound meditation on the lives, struggles, and resilience of all indigenous peoples.

Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Genre: Poetry, Non-fiction, Native American Literature

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Review in one word: Transcendental

Joy Harjo is an internationally renowned poet, writer, and musician of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. She served three terms as the 23rd United States Poet Laureate. Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings is a powerful and essential collection of poems and prose from Harjo.

The book is not a linear narrative but a lyrical journey that weaves together personal memory, ancestral stories, and sharp political commentary to paint a vivid picture of Indigenous existence in the modern world.

The trajectory of the collection follows the profound cycles of life, loss, and survival. Harjo begins by emphasising the importance of passing down traditions from one generation to the next, a sacred act of cultural preservation.

Poems and short vignettes traverse time and geography, drawing on imagery and stories from ancestral knowing in North America, from Alaska to Hawaii to her own Cherokee lands.

The centrepiece poem, from which the collection takes its title, serves as a powerful axis for the book’s themes. In it, Harjo contrasts the worldviews of Native peoples and white Americans, particularly in their approaches to conflict, land, and spirituality.

Harjo critiques a colonising mindset that would build a casino on sacred land, contrasting it with the Indigenous preference for resolving conflict and expressing identity through art, music, poetry, and oral tradition.

There’s a lot of thematic focus on the Blues as a musical style and lifestyle and her prose is incantatory, blending the rhythms of traditional song and oral storytelling.

I loved this collection of elegiac and hopeful poems there is so much affinity I feel for her and her experiences seeing as I am indigenous as well. This is a moving and essential collection of poetry. Harjo is a genius for the ages!

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Book Review: Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings by Joy Harjo

Harjo’s poetry is deeply rooted in her ancestral roots and the intergenerational trauma of colonisation. Her collection is a profound meditation on the lives, struggles, and resilience of all indigenous peoples.

Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Genre: Poetry, Non-fiction, Native American Literature

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Review in one word: Transcendental

Joy Harjo is an internationally renowned poet, writer, and musician of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. She served three terms as the 23rd United States Poet Laureate. Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings is a powerful and essential collection of poems and prose from Harjo.

The book is not a linear narrative but a lyrical journey that weaves together personal memory, ancestral stories, and sharp political commentary to paint a vivid picture of Indigenous existence in the modern world.

The trajectory of the collection follows the profound cycles of life, loss, and survival. Harjo begins by emphasising the importance of passing down traditions from one generation to the next, a sacred act of cultural preservation.

Poems and short vignettes traverse time and geography, drawing on imagery and stories from ancestral knowing in North America, from Alaska to Hawaii to her own Cherokee lands.

The centrepiece poem, from which the collection takes its title, serves as a powerful axis for the book’s themes. In it, Harjo contrasts the worldviews of Native peoples and white Americans, particularly in their approaches to conflict, land, and spirituality.

Harjo critiques a colonising mindset that would build a casino on sacred land, contrasting it with the Indigenous preference for resolving conflict and expressing identity through art, music, poetry, and oral tradition.

There’s a lot of thematic focus on the Blues as a musical style and lifestyle and her prose is incantatory, blending the rhythms of traditional song and oral storytelling.

I loved this collection of elegiac and hopeful poems there is so much affinity I feel for her and her experiences seeing as I am indigenous as well. This is a moving and essential collection of poetry. Harjo is a genius for the ages!

Content Catnip

#AmericanHistory #art #BookReview #bookTag #BookReview #books #Colonisation #History #indigenous #JoyHarjo #JoyHarjo #literature #Native #nature #nonFiction #Philosophy #poems #poetry #storyteller #storytelling

Book Review: Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings by Joy Harjo

Harjo’s poetry is deeply rooted in her ancestral roots and the intergenerational trauma of colonisation. Her collection is a profound meditation on the lives, struggles, and resilience of all indigenous peoples.

Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Genre: Poetry, Non-fiction, Native American Literature

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Review in one word: Transcendental

Joy Harjo is an internationally renowned poet, writer, and musician of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. She served three terms as the 23rd United States Poet Laureate. Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings is a powerful and essential collection of poems and prose from Harjo.

The book is not a linear narrative but a lyrical journey that weaves together personal memory, ancestral stories, and sharp political commentary to paint a vivid picture of Indigenous existence in the modern world.

The trajectory of the collection follows the profound cycles of life, loss, and survival. Harjo begins by emphasising the importance of passing down traditions from one generation to the next, a sacred act of cultural preservation.

Poems and short vignettes traverse time and geography, drawing on imagery and stories from ancestral knowing in North America, from Alaska to Hawaii to her own Cherokee lands.

The centrepiece poem, from which the collection takes its title, serves as a powerful axis for the book’s themes. In it, Harjo contrasts the worldviews of Native peoples and white Americans, particularly in their approaches to conflict, land, and spirituality.

Harjo critiques a colonising mindset that would build a casino on sacred land, contrasting it with the Indigenous preference for resolving conflict and expressing identity through art, music, poetry, and oral tradition.

There’s a lot of thematic focus on the Blues as a musical style and lifestyle and her prose is incantatory, blending the rhythms of traditional song and oral storytelling.

I loved this collection of elegiac and hopeful poems there is so much affinity I feel for her and her experiences seeing as I am indigenous as well. This is a moving and essential collection of poetry. Harjo is a genius for the ages!

Content Catnip

#AmericanHistory #art #BookReview #bookTag #BookReview #books #Colonisation #History #indigenous #JoyHarjo #JoyHarjo #literature #Native #nature #nonFiction #Philosophy #poems #poetry #storyteller #storytelling

Book Review: Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings by Joy Harjo

Harjo’s poetry is deeply rooted in her ancestral roots and the intergenerational trauma of colonisation. Her collection is a profound meditation on the lives, struggles, and resilience of all indigenous peoples.

Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Genre: Poetry, Non-fiction, Native American Literature

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Review in one word: Transcendental

Joy Harjo is an internationally renowned poet, writer, and musician of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. She served three terms as the 23rd United States Poet Laureate. Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings is a powerful and essential collection of poems and prose from Harjo.

The book is not a linear narrative but a lyrical journey that weaves together personal memory, ancestral stories, and sharp political commentary to paint a vivid picture of Indigenous existence in the modern world.

The trajectory of the collection follows the profound cycles of life, loss, and survival. Harjo begins by emphasising the importance of passing down traditions from one generation to the next, a sacred act of cultural preservation.

Poems and short vignettes traverse time and geography, drawing on imagery and stories from ancestral knowing in North America, from Alaska to Hawaii to her own Cherokee lands.

The centrepiece poem, from which the collection takes its title, serves as a powerful axis for the book’s themes. In it, Harjo contrasts the worldviews of Native peoples and white Americans, particularly in their approaches to conflict, land, and spirituality.

Harjo critiques a colonising mindset that would build a casino on sacred land, contrasting it with the Indigenous preference for resolving conflict and expressing identity through art, music, poetry, and oral tradition.

There’s a lot of thematic focus on the Blues as a musical style and lifestyle and her prose is incantatory, blending the rhythms of traditional song and oral storytelling.

I loved this collection of elegiac and hopeful poems there is so much affinity I feel for her and her experiences seeing as I am indigenous as well. This is a moving and essential collection of poetry. Harjo is a genius for the ages!

Content Catnip

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Oklahoma bestsellers: Sept. 21 | About Town

This week’s Oklahoma bestsellers are based on total number of sales at Tulsa’s Magic City Books, Best of Books…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Books #bestsellers #Best-sellingbooks #Entertainment #joyharjo #Oklahoma #oklahomabooks #russellcobb
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Oklahoma bestsellers: Sept. 21 | About Town

This week’s Oklahoma bestsellers are based on total number of sales at Tulsa’s Magic City Books, Best of Books…
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