Joy Harjo Biography (1951-)

Born May 9, 1951, in Tulsa, OK; daughter of Allen William Foster and Wynema Jewell (Baker) Pickett; children: Phil Dayn and Rainy Dawn. Ethnicity: Creek,Cherokee, and French. Addresses: Home--P.O. Box 40074, Albuquerque, NM87196. Office--c/o Department of English, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131.

Nationality
American
Gender
Female
Birth Details
May 9, 1951
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

Famous Works

  • Credits; Television Appearances
  • Interviewed on Moyers: The Power of the Word (episode), PBS, 1989.
  • "The Legend of the Blue Bonnet," in Wildflowers with Helen Hayes (special), 1992.
  • Narrator, The Native Americans (special), TBS, 1994.
  • Furious Light, 1985.
  • Lamman Foundation (video), 1989.
  • Power of the Word (video), PBS, 1989.
  • A Moveable Feast, 1991.
  • New Letters on the Air, 1991.
  • Also recorded music with her band, Poetic Justice. Also recorded music for the audiocassette version of Awiakta's Selu: Seeking the Corn-Mother's Wisdom, Audio Literature (Berkeley, CA), 1995.
  • Writings;Screenplays
  • (With Henry Greenberg), The Gaan Story, Silvercloud Video Productions, 1979-84.
  • Origin of Apache Crown Dance, Silvercloud Video, 1985.
  • Writings; Television
  • (With Henry Greenberg) The Beginning, Native American Public BroadcastingConsortium, 1983-84.
  • We Are One, Umonho, Nebraska Educational Television, 1984.
  • Maiden of Deception Pass, Native American Public Broadcasting Consortium,1984-85.
  • I Am Different from My Brother, Native American Public Broadcasting Consortium, 1986.
  • The Runaway, Nebraska Educational Television, 1986.
  • Indians and AIDS, 1988.
  • When We Used to Be Humans, 1990.
  • Writings; Poetry
  • The Last Song, Puerto del Sol Press, 1975.
  • What Moon Drove Me to This?, I. Reed Books, 1980.
  • She Had Some Horses, Thunders Mouth Press, 1983.
  • In Mad Love and War, Wesleyan University Press, 1990.
  • Fishing, Ox Head Press, 1991.
  • The Woman Who Fell from the Sky, Norton, 1994.
  • Also contributor to literary journals.
  • Writings; Prose
  • Secrets from the Center of the World, illustrated with photographs by Steven Storm, Sun Tracks and the University of Arizona Press, 1989.
  • Writings; Articles
  • "My Sister, Myself: Two Paths to Survival," Ms., September-October, 1995,pp. 70-73.
  • "Three Generations of Native American Women's Birth Experiences," Ms., July-August, 1991, p. 28.

Further Reference

Books:

  • Bruchac, Joseph, "An Interview with Joy Harjo," in Survival This Way: Interviews with American Indian Poets, Sun Track and University of Arizona Press (Tucson), 1987.
  • Notable Native Americans, edited by Sharon Malinowski, Gale (Detroit), 1995, pp. 178-181.
Periodicals:
  • American Indian Quarterly, volume 7, no. 1, 1983.
  • Library Journal, February 1, 1994, p. 128.
  • Pasatiempo, August 26, 1989.
  • Poets and Writers, July-August, 1993, pp. 23-27.
  • Tamaqua, spring 1992.
  • Tucson Weekly, December 27, 1989.
  • Village Voice Literary Supplement, April 2, 1991.
  • World Literature Today, spring 1992.

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