03124cam a2200337 i 4500 2579781812 TxAuBib 20251028120000.0 250923s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781324094173 hardcover 21.99 1324094176 hardcover 21.99 (OCoLC)1539058227 TxAuBib rda Harjo, Joy. Girl warrior [BOOK] : on coming of age / Joy Harjo. First edition. New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2025] 162 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Poet Laureate of the United States"--Cover. The story field -- Woven -- Mystery -- First memory -- Voice -- Helpers -- Ethics -- Romance -- Kitchen table -- Feeding your spirit -- Tricksters -- Stirring the waters -- Friendship -- Fury -- Notice -- Songline -- Her name -- The race -- Thought trails -- Rainbow speak -- Be yourself -- Performing -- Failure -- Contradiction -- Intimate violence -- Making it through -- Addiction -- Judgment -- Despair -- Fear -- Transform -- Lost -- Dreaming -- Alert -- Forgiveness -- In our hands -- Witness -- Historical trauma -- Missing -- Orientation -- Greeter -- Butterfly -- Grief -- Compassion -- Flower -- Coming of age -- Passion -- Resonance -- Dark night -- Illumination -- Gratitude prayer. ""'To know ourselves is the most profound and difficult endeavor. Though we are all made of the same questions, we have individual routes to the answers, or to reframing the questions. Why is there evil in the world? Why do people suffer, and some more than others? Why are we here? What are we doing here? What happens after death? Does anything mean anything at all? Who am I and what does it matter?' writes Joy Harjo, renowned poet and activist, in this profound work about the struggles, challenges, and joys of coming of age. In Girl Warrior, she speaks directly to Native girls and women, sharing stories about her own coming of age to bring renewed attention to the pivotal moments of becoming including forgiveness, failure, falling, rising up, and honoring our vast family of beings. Informed by her own experiences and those of her ancestors, Harjo offers inspiration and insight for navigating the many challenges of maturation. She grapples with parents, friendships, love, and loss. She guides young readers toward painting, poetry, and music as powerful tools for developing their own ethical sensibility. As Harjo demonstrates, the act of making is an essential part of who we are, a means of inviting the past into the present and a critical tool young women can use to shape a more just future.". 20251028. Harjo, Joy. Poets, American 20th century Biography. Poets, American 21st century Biography. Indian women authors United States Biography. Autobiographies.