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Crazy brave : a memoir / Joy Harjo.

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General Note:	"First published as a Norton paperback 2013"--Verso of title page.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-169).
Formatted Contents Note:	East -- North -- West -- South.
Summary, etc.:	"A "raw and honest" (Los Angeles Review of Books) memoir from the first Native American Poet Laureate of the United States. In this transcendent memoir, grounded in tribal myth and ancestry, music and poetry, Joy Harjo details her journey to becoming a poet. Born in Oklahoma, the end place of the Trail of Tears, Harjo grew up learning to dodge an abusive stepfather by finding shelter in her imagination, a deep spiritual life, and connection with the natural world. Narrating the complexities of betrayal and love, Crazy Brave is a haunting, visionary memoir about family and the breaking apart necessary in finding a voice." -- Publisher's description.
Awards Note:	American Book Award, 2013.