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Download full textHarjo, Joy; And Others – Wicazo Sa Review, 1985
Four Native American poets in easy narrative style tell about some of the aesthetic judgments they make in their work and, in the process, shed some light upon the traditions from which their poetry emerges. Joy Harjo discusses how she wrote "The Woman Hanging from the Thirteenth Floor Window," her use of repetition influenced by music…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Literature, American Indians, Literary Criticism
