Books like How we became human by Joy Harjo

Robin Wall Kimmerer blends scientific inquiry and Indigenous wisdom, illustrating how listening to plant and animal languages can deepen our ecological stewardship.

Native American poet Joy Harjo's fourth volume of poetry explores the land and spirit, American culture, and the concept of feminine individuality.

This eloquent new anthology gives a vivid insight into the world of Native Americans. The chants, prayers, and songs in these pages vibrate with wisdom, joy, and terrible sadness. Underlying everything is a sense of the sacred - the wish, as one Yokuts poet says, to be "one with the world.". The sixty poems in this collection are accompanied by over forty unforgettable duotone photographs by Edward S. Curtis. This stunning combination of word and image brings us closer than ever before to the heart of Native American traditions. The poems come from the woodlands, the plains, the deserts, and the pueblos. They speak of love, of war, of the known and the unknowable. Today's flowering of new writing by Native Americans has revived interest in the song traditions that underlie their work. This anthology aims to give a representative selection of the best of those traditions, from Maine to California.

Native American poet Joy Harjo's fifth book merges memories, dreams, myths, and stories to create a poetic reflection on America's history and the hope of redemption.

In a post‑war future where humanity lives aboard the floating platform CIEL, a charismatic cult leader enforces a brutal regime while a rebellious young warrior named Joan holds the power to reshape the remnants of Earth.

Joy Harjo’s collection pairs photographs of Navajo landscapes with prose poems that celebrate the land’s sacredness, offering a poetic dialogue between image and voice.