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Joy Harjo's She Had Some Horse

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In She Had Some Horses, Mvskoke poet Joy Harjo utilizes repetition, symbolism, and various forms of structure to explore and illuminate the relationships Native women form in a world that prioritizes white men. Joy Harjo, hailing from her ancestral lands in Tulsa, Oklahoma, has been an important and influential woman in what has been dubbed the Native American Renaissance, and this is reflected in her poetry, artwork, and music. She writes of human desire and nature, of the earthly and spiritual worlds, and of the expansive swathes of southern grounds that were stolen from her tribe many years ago. Throughout all her many collections of work, the main constant is the quiet but meaningful voice she has perfected; full of wisdom and a deep understanding

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