How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems
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How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems is a collection by Joy Harjo that gathers key works from across her career, blending Native American history, personal memory, and spiritual reflection in lyrical, narrative-driven poetry.
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| How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems canonical | 2 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems Context triple: [Joy Harjo, notableWork, How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems]
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Without End: New and Selected Poems
Without End: New and Selected Poems is a collection that showcases Adam Zagajewski’s contemplative, lyrical poetry, spanning much of his career and highlighting his meditations on history, memory, and spiritual longing.
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Naming Our Destiny: New and Selected Poems
"Naming Our Destiny: New and Selected Poems" is a collection that showcases June Jordan’s politically engaged, lyrically powerful poetry spanning much of her career.
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Collected Poems
Collected Poems is a comprehensive volume gathering the major poetic works of W. H. Auden, showcasing the range and evolution of his influential modernist verse.
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D.
Twenty-Five Poems
Twenty-Five Poems is an early collection of intensely lyrical and visionary poetry by Dylan Thomas that helped establish his reputation as a major 20th-century poet.
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E.
Witness: Selected Poems 1962–2010
Witness: Selected Poems 1962–2010 is a retrospective collection showcasing nearly five decades of Canadian poet Patrick Lane’s acclaimed and often starkly lyrical work.
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Target entity: How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems Target entity description: How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems is a collection by Joy Harjo that gathers key works from across her career, blending Native American history, personal memory, and spiritual reflection in lyrical, narrative-driven poetry.
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A.
Without End: New and Selected Poems
Without End: New and Selected Poems is a collection that showcases Adam Zagajewski’s contemplative, lyrical poetry, spanning much of his career and highlighting his meditations on history, memory, and spiritual longing.
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B.
Naming Our Destiny: New and Selected Poems
"Naming Our Destiny: New and Selected Poems" is a collection that showcases June Jordan’s politically engaged, lyrically powerful poetry spanning much of her career.
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C.
Collected Poems
Collected Poems is a comprehensive volume gathering the major poetic works of W. H. Auden, showcasing the range and evolution of his influential modernist verse.
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D.
Twenty-Five Poems
Twenty-Five Poems is an early collection of intensely lyrical and visionary poetry by Dylan Thomas that helped establish his reputation as a major 20th-century poet.
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E.
Witness: Selected Poems 1962–2010
Witness: Selected Poems 1962–2010 is a retrospective collection showcasing nearly five decades of Canadian poet Patrick Lane’s acclaimed and often starkly lyrical work.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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poetry collection ⓘ |
| author | Joy Harjo ⓘ |
| collectsWorkOf | Joy Harjo ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| featuresCulture |
Muscogee (Creek) Nation
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linked to:
Creek (Muscogee) Nation
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| featuresPerspective | Native American woman ⓘ |
| genre | poetry ⓘ |
| hasCreator | Joy Harjo ⓘ |
| hasForm | free verse ⓘ |
| hasMode |
first-person narration
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oral storytelling influence ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
autobiographical
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lyrical ⓘ mythic ⓘ narrative-driven ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
community
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connection to land ⓘ healing ⓘ history and memory ⓘ spiritual journey ⓘ survival ⓘ voice and storytelling ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Joy Harjo bibliography ⓘ |
| isSelectionFrom | earlier poetry collections by Joy Harjo ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm |
lyric poetry
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narrative poetry ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
American poetry
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contemporary Native American literature ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blending Native history with personal narrative
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gathering key works from across Joy Harjo's career ⓘ spiritual and visionary tone ⓘ |
| subject |
Native American history
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colonialism ⓘ family ⓘ identity ⓘ indigeneity ⓘ memory ⓘ personal memory ⓘ place ⓘ resilience ⓘ spiritual reflection ⓘ spirituality ⓘ |
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subject linked to:
Joy Foster