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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.