02098cam a2200313 4500 553007324 TxAuBib 20210513120000.0 210208|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021005778 9780393867916 0393867919 (OCoLC)1196177440 TxAuBib Living nations, living words : an anthology of first peoples poetry / collected and with an introduction by Joy Harjo, 23rd U.S. Poet Laureate ; foreword by Carla D. Hayden, Librarian of Congress. First edition. 221 pages ; 21 cm. Includes index. "A powerful, moving anthology that celebrates the breadth of Native poets writing today. Joy Harjo, the first Native poet to serve as U.S. Poet Laureate, has championed the voices of Native peoples past and present. Her signature laureate project gathers the work of contemporary Native poets into a national, fully digital map of story, sound, and space, celebrating their vital and unequivocal contributions to American poetry. This companion anthology features each poem and poet from the project to offer readers a chance to hold the wealth of poems in their hands. With work from Natalie Diaz, Ray Young Bear, Craig Santos Perez, Sherwin Bitsui, Layli Long Soldier, among others, Living Nations, Living Words showcases, as Joy Harjo writes in her stirring introduction, "poetry [that] emerges from the soul of a community, the heart and lands of the people. In this country, poetry is rooted in the more than 500 living indigenous nations. Living Nations, Living Words is a representative offering.""-- 20210513. 2000-2099. American poetry Indian authors. American poetry 21st century. Indians of North America Poetry. Poetry. lcgft Harjo, Joy, editor. Hayden, Carla Diane, 1952-, author of foreword. Library of Congress, issuing body.