When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry

Title: When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry Author: Joy Harjo ISBN: 9780393356809 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Published: 2020 Binding: Paperback Language: English Condition: New New from the publisher Poetry 1436911 Publisher Description: This landmark anthology celebrates the indigenous peoples of North America, the first poets of this country, whose literary traditions stretch back centuries. Opening with a blessing from Pulitzer Prize-winner N. Scott Momaday, the book contains powerful introductions from contributing editors who represent the five geographically organized sections. Each section begins with a poem from traditional oral literatures and closes with emerging poets, ranging from Eleazar, a seventeenth-century Native student at Harvard, to Jake Skeets, a young Diné poet born in 1991, and including renowned writers such as Luci Tapahanso, Natalie