Joy Harjo

So sometimes I feel bad that I wasn't the magnanimous maternal, staying there like the mother hen, but it's not me.

So sometimes I feel bad that I wasn't the magnanimous maternal, staying there like the mother hen, but it's not me.

Yeah, it was, it saved my life. I'm still part of it. I later taught there. But overall, it was, you know, amazing. The late 60s, Santa Fe, New Mexico and art and being able to do art and be who you are.

Yeah, it was, it saved my life. I'm still part of it. I later taught there. But overall, it was, you know, amazing. The late 60s, Santa Fe, New Mexico and art and being able to do art and be who you are.

Yeah, it was, it saved my life. I'm still part of it. I later taught there. But overall, it was, you know, amazing. The late 60s, Santa Fe, New Mexico and art and being able to do art and be who you are.

That book came out with my first granddaughter. Is that right? Yeah, my first grandchild, my first granddaughter, Krista. And For a Girl Becoming is kind of a children's book, but it goes beyond that. It's a book for coming of age. It's a book for—and I seem to land on that period a lot, and I think it's because I went through so much during that coming-of-age period.

That book came out with my first granddaughter. Is that right? Yeah, my first grandchild, my first granddaughter, Krista. And For a Girl Becoming is kind of a children's book, but it goes beyond that. It's a book for coming of age. It's a book for—and I seem to land on that period a lot, and I think it's because I went through so much during that coming-of-age period.

That book came out with my first granddaughter. Is that right? Yeah, my first grandchild, my first granddaughter, Krista. And For a Girl Becoming is kind of a children's book, but it goes beyond that. It's a book for coming of age. It's a book for—and I seem to land on that period a lot, and I think it's because I went through so much during that coming-of-age period.

Maybe I'm just working out trauma, but I want to be helpful. I think even in trauma, that's where you learn yourself. Really, it's a challenge. That's where you learn yourself and who you are and what you're made of. So when this granddaughter hit that age— I wrote for a girl becoming the poem in there for her.

Maybe I'm just working out trauma, but I want to be helpful. I think even in trauma, that's where you learn yourself. Really, it's a challenge. That's where you learn yourself and who you are and what you're made of. So when this granddaughter hit that age— I wrote for a girl becoming the poem in there for her.

Maybe I'm just working out trauma, but I want to be helpful. I think even in trauma, that's where you learn yourself. Really, it's a challenge. That's where you learn yourself and who you are and what you're made of. So when this granddaughter hit that age— I wrote for a girl becoming the poem in there for her.

Yeah, if you put it that way, that makes a lot of sense. But there's themes, every poet has their themes, and I realize mine is transformation. One of them is healing and justice and transformation, what happens in those transformative spaces. So I have another book out at the same time called Washing My Mother's Body.

Yeah, if you put it that way, that makes a lot of sense. But there's themes, every poet has their themes, and I realize mine is transformation. One of them is healing and justice and transformation, what happens in those transformative spaces. So I have another book out at the same time called Washing My Mother's Body.

Yeah, if you put it that way, that makes a lot of sense. But there's themes, every poet has their themes, and I realize mine is transformation. One of them is healing and justice and transformation, what happens in those transformative spaces. So I have another book out at the same time called Washing My Mother's Body.

because I didn't get to wash my mother's body when she died, and I wanted to, but I let that go because it was causing too much commotion. And this poem comes, I never got to wash my mother's body. And so poems teach you, and this poem taught me that I could do it in a poem. And in the poem, I do what I wasn't able to do in the physical, but I went and washed her body in the poem.

because I didn't get to wash my mother's body when she died, and I wanted to, but I let that go because it was causing too much commotion. And this poem comes, I never got to wash my mother's body. And so poems teach you, and this poem taught me that I could do it in a poem. And in the poem, I do what I wasn't able to do in the physical, but I went and washed her body in the poem.

because I didn't get to wash my mother's body when she died, and I wanted to, but I let that go because it was causing too much commotion. And this poem comes, I never got to wash my mother's body. And so poems teach you, and this poem taught me that I could do it in a poem. And in the poem, I do what I wasn't able to do in the physical, but I went and washed her body in the poem.

And it's sort of similar to, for a girl, these doorways of transformation that we walk through. And I feel like when I've walked through them, I haven't been the best. What do you mean? I hit the walls, awkward, too many elbows. Not too many. I'm glad I have it.

And it's sort of similar to, for a girl, these doorways of transformation that we walk through. And I feel like when I've walked through them, I haven't been the best. What do you mean? I hit the walls, awkward, too many elbows. Not too many. I'm glad I have it.

And it's sort of similar to, for a girl, these doorways of transformation that we walk through. And I feel like when I've walked through them, I haven't been the best. What do you mean? I hit the walls, awkward, too many elbows. Not too many. I'm glad I have it.