![]() ![]() A critically-acclaimed poet, her many honors include the Josephine Miles Poetry Award, the William Carlos Williams Award, and the American Indian Distinguished Achievement in the Arts Award. In a strange kind of sense frees me to believe in myself, to be able to speak, to have voice, because I have to it is my survival.” Harjo’s work is largely autobiographical, informed by her love of the natural world and her preoccupation with survival and the limitations of language. She once commented, “I feel strongly that I have a responsibility to all the sources that I am: to all past and future ancestors, to my home country, to all places that I touch down on and that are myself, to all voices, all women, all of my tribe, all people, all earth, and beyond that to all beginnings and endings. Her poetry tends to emphasize the Southwest landscape and need for remembrance and transcendence. ![]() Strongly influenced by her Muskogee Creek heritage, feminist and social concerns, and her background in the arts, Harjo frequently incorporates Native American myths, symbols, and values into her writing. ![]() Joy Harjo was born in 1951 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Native American and Canadian ancestry. ![]()
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