Crazy Brave: A Memoir

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“Compressed…lyrical…unflinching…raw…Harjo is a magician and a master of the English language.” ―Jonah Raskin, San Francisco Chronicle

In this transcendent memoir, grounded in tribal myth and ancestry, music and poetry, Joy Harjo, one among our leading Native American voices, main points her journey to becoming a poet. Born in Oklahoma, the tip place of the Trail of Tears, Harjo grew up learning to dodge an abusive stepfather by finding shelter in her imagination, a deep non secular life, and connection with the flora and fauna. She attended an Indian arts boarding school, where she nourished an appreciation for painting, music, and poetry; gave birth even as still a teen; and struggled on her own as a single mother, sooner or later finding her poetic voice. Narrating the complexities of betrayal and love, Crazy Brave is a memoir about circle of relatives and the breaking apart essential 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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