Joy Harjo - December 1, 2016

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UA Africana Studies Department, UA Agnese Nelms Haury Program in Environment and Social Justice, UA College of Science, UA Confluencenter for Creative Inquiry, UA Institute of the Environment, UA Poetry Center

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UA Poetry Center
Joy Harjo

Joy Harjo reads from Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings (2015) and How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems (2002). She also plays flute and soprano saxophone. This reading was given as part of the Climate Change & Poetry Series.

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Welcome
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by Tyler Meier

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Introduction
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by Pam Uschuk

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Opening remarks and song
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"My House Is the Red Earth," "If You Look with the Mind of the Swirling Earth," and "Don't Bother the Earth Spirit"
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Harjo, Joy. How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems. New York: Norton, 2002.

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"Once the World Was Perfect"
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Harjo, Joy. Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings. New York: Norton, 2015.

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"Rabbit Is Up to Tricks"
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Harjo, Joy. Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings. New York: Norton, 2015.

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"Entering the Principality of O'ahu by Sky Roads"
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Harjo, Joy. Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings. New York: Norton, 2015.

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"Rainy Dawn"
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Harjo, Joy. How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems. New York: Norton, 2002.

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"Talking with the Sun"
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Differs slightly from published version.

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Harjo, Joy. Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings. New York: Norton, 2015.

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"Indian School Night Song Blues"
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Harjo, Joy. Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings. New York: Norton, 2015.

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"Humans were created...," "When I woke up...," "This is only one...," "Where we lived...," "Midnight is a horn player...," "When I walk over to join you...," "The day went on...," "Everyone comes into the world..."
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Differs slightly from published versions. Includes jazz interludes played on the saxophone. 

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Harjo, Joy. Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings. New York: Norton, 2015.

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"By the Way"
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Harjo, Joy. "By the Way." The New Yorker, vol. 92, no. 40, 5 Dec. 2016, pp. 52-53.

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"For Calling the Spirit Back from Wandering the Earth in Its Human Feet"
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Harjo, Joy. Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings. New York: Norton, 2015.

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"Equinox"
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Harjo, Joy. Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings. New York: Norton, 2015.

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Question and Answer Session
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Joy Harjo
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Hannah Ensor
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