A review by loveisabird
An American Sunrise by Joy Harjo

emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

i’m really bad at comprehending a lot of poetry that isn’t like. rupi kaur level of basicness. so there’s a fair portion of this that couldn’t quite register for me, even on my second read of the book. but joy harjo has a captivating enough voice that the feel and flow and rhythm of even the poems that lost me most are still enough for me to appreciate the experience of reading her. and the poems i am able to comprehend! well boy they knock me on my ass. 

also i saw her live twice this week at my university (and got to meet her/have this book signed very briefly!) and like honestly? her whole existence and aura and presence itself feels like poetry.