Crazy Brave: A Memoir

Crazy Brave: A Memoir

<p><strong>A “raw and honest” (Los Angeles Review of Books) memoir from the first Native American Poet Laureate of the United States.</strong></p><p>In this transcendent memoir, grounded in tribal myth and ancestry, music and poetry, Joy Harjo details her journey to becoming a poet. Born in Oklahoma, the end place of the Trail of Tears, Harjo grew up learning to dodge an abusive stepfather by finding shelter in her imagination, a deep spiritual life, and connection with the natural world. Narrating the complexities of betrayal and love, <em>Crazy Brave</em> is a haunting, visionary memoir about family and the breaking apart necessary in finding a voice.</p> 12 photographs