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

by LeAnne Howe (Primary Contributor)

Other authorsJoy Harjo (Editor), Jennifer Elise Foerster (Primary Contributor)
Paperback, 2020

Status

Available

Call number

PS591.I55 W47

Publication

W. W. Norton & Company (2020), Edition: 1st Edition, 496 pages

Description

"United States Poet Laureate Joy Harjo gathers the work of more than 160 poets, representing nearly 100 indigenous nations, into the first historically comprehensive Native poetry anthology. 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 DinĂ© poet born in 1991, and including renowned writers such as Luci Tapahanso, Natalie Diaz, Layli Long Soldier, and Ray Young Bear. When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through offers the extraordinary sweep of Native literature, without which no study of American poetry is complete"--… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member Chris.Wolak
I continue to dip around in this anthology. Like all anthologies, some poems resonate and others don't. The main intro and section intros are important. A book to learn from for years to come.

Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

2020

Physical description

496 p.; 9.3 inches

ISBN

0393356809 / 9780393356809

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