Award-winning novelist and poet Linda LeGarde Grover shares her thoughts on the selection of Joy Harjo as the first Native American Poet Laureate.
Like eagle that Sunday morning Over Salt River. Circled in blue sky In wind, swept our hearts clean With sacred wings. We see you, see ourselves and know That we must take the utmost care And kindness in all things. ~ Joy Harjo, "Eagle Poem"
Linda also mentioned Joy Harjo's For A Girl Becoming. It's published by the University of Arizona Press.