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For A girl Becoming

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Joy Harjo interview - LA Examiner

 This is a nice interview with Joy:
 http://www.examiner.com/x-5892-LA-Books-Examiner~y2009m10d9-For-a-Girl-Becoming-an-Interview-with-Poet-Joy-Harjo?

Congratulations Joy Harjo!

Poet, musician, actor/performance artist Joy Harjo has won a NAMMY award Best Female Artist of 2009 for her album Winding Through the Milky Way.  Please visit Joy's blog for a taste of her writing and music: http://www.joyharjo.com/Blog.html
As you can tell, I am a huge fan.
mercedes

For A Girl Becoming

                                            copyright 2009 Mercedes McDonald

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For A Girl Becoming

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For A Girl Becoming

I spent over a year working on a book project with a great woman, Joy Harjo. I sat in my studio as she traveled the world. We collaborated on the images for this beautiful book Joy wrote by phone, email and sometimes through dreams. I'm proud of the result, due out on October 1, 2009. Please take a look.

For A Girl Becoming, by Joy Harjo, published by the University of Arizona Press
http://tiny.cc/xGv63