Her poetry is rhythmic in a way that I have never known poetry to be. Harjo’s distinct and brilliant style of prosaic poetry is what inspired me to talk to her.
As a Native American of the Muskogee Creek Nation, she was born fighting for rights of indigenous peoples in her homeland of Oklahoma and throughout the country. Through her art (and beyond), she’s an activist, pioneering for the recognition and respect of indigenous and writers of color within the realm of literature and academia. She is the recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, the PEN Open Book Award, and the American Indian Distinguished Achievement Award, among many other accolades. Harjo’s a performer, professor, playwright, and musician with the band Poetic Justice, and recently a memoirist (her memoir Crazy Bravecame out in July 2012 from Norton). Her poems are constructed with such precision and graceful narration that I don’t consider them to be mere poems, but sermons.
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