When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through - by Joy Harjo (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Selected as one of Oprah Winfrey's Books That Help Me Through<br /><br /> United States Poet Laureate Joy Harjo gathers the work of more than 160 poets, representing nearly 100 indigenous nations, into the first historically comprehensive Native poetry anthology.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>This landmark anthology celebrates the indigenous peoples of North America, the first poets of this country, whose literary traditions stretch back centuries. Opening with a blessing from Pulitzer Prize-winner N. Scott Momaday, the book contains powerful introductions from contributing editors who represent the five geographically organized sections. Each section begins with a poem from traditional oral literatures and closes with emerging poets, ranging from Eleazar, a seventeenth-century Native student at Harvard, to Jake Skeets, a young Diné poet born in 1991, and including renowned writers such as Luci Tapahanso, Natalie Diaz, Layli Long Soldier, and Ray Young Bear. <em>When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through</em> offers the extraordinary sweep of Native literature, without which no study of American poetry is complete.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>This anthology is revelatory and stunning.... It shows the remarkable strength and diversity of Native poetry, which vitalizes all of American poetry. It is essential reading.--Arthur Sze, National Book Award-winning author of Sight Lines<br>
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