Joy Harjo

Joy Harjo (born May 9, 1951) is a Native American poet, musician, and author. She is often cited as playing a formidable role in the second wave of what critic Kenneth Lincoln has coined the Native American Renaissance.

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    “Oh, where have you been, Billy boy, Billy boy?
    Oh, where have you been, charming Billy?”
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    She thinks of the 4 a.m. lonelinesses that have folded
    her up like death, discordant, without logical and
    beautiful conclusion. Her teeth break off at the edges.
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    —Joy Harjo (b. 1951)