A review by jenjuniper80
How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems 1975-2002 by Joy Harjo

4.0

This is not your typical collection of poems; Joy Harjo has a raw, completely unique way with words and a very unconventional writing structure that bring to life the many different narratives of the Native American experience. Echoes of the poems still remain, she should be essential reading of any lover of poetry, particularly contemporary poetry.