We are offering these five, very different books, as a collection, available to order here and then you may either pick them up in the store or, for a small additional fee, we’ll mail them for you. They all focus on Joy Harjo (Muscogee Nation), who served three terms as the 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States.

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For a Girl Becoming

By Joy Harjo

Illustrated by Adriana Garcia

A baby girl is welcomed to the breathing world by generations of her family and set on the magnificent journey of becoming. As she grows, she is reminded of her connections to the natural world; to her family, her ancestors, her neighbors; to the source of all magic and sorrow--and of her responsibility to uphold and honor those connections

From U.S. Poet Laureate, Joy Harjo, and Pura Belpré Award-winning illustrator, Adriana Garcia, comes a luminous benediction for a girl's journey through life, and a celebration of our connections to the world around us.

Hardcover, $18.99

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Weaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light: Fifty Poems for Fifty Years

By Joy Harjo

In this gemlike volume, Harjo selects her best poems from across fifty years, beginning with her early discoveries of her own voice and ending with moving reflections on our contemporary moment. Generous notes on each poem offer insight into Harjo's inimitable poetics as she takes inspiration from Navajo horse songs and jazz, reckons with home and loss, and listens to the natural messengers of the earth.

Hardcover, $25.00

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Washing My Mother’s Body: A Ceremony for Grief

By Joy Harjo

Illustrated by Dana Tiger (Muscogee Nation)

Through lyrical prose and evocative watercolor illustrations by award-winning Muscogee artist Dana Tiger, Washing My Mother's Body explores the complexity of a daughter's grief as she reflects on the joys and sorrows of her mother's life. She lays her mother to rest in the landscape of her memory, honoring the hands that raised her, the body that protected her, and the legs that carried her mother through adversity.

Hardcover, $17.99

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When the Light of the World was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through

Edited by Joy Harjo with Leanne Howe and Jennifer Foerster

Selected as one of Oprah Winfrey's "Books That Help Me Through."

Joy Harjo gathers the work of more than 160 poets, representing nearly 100 indigenous nations, into the first historically comprehensive Native poetry anthology. This landmark anthology celebrates the indigenous peoples of North America, the first poets of this country, whose literary traditions stretch back centuries. Opening with a blessing from Pulitzer Prize-winner N. Scott Momaday, the book contains powerful introductions from contributing editors who represent the five geographically organized sections. Each section begins with a poem from traditional oral literatures and closes with emerging poets.

Paperback, $19.95

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Girl Warrior: On Coming of Age

By Joy Harjo

Informed by her own experiences and those of her ancestors, Harjo offers inspiration and insight for navigating the many challenges of maturation. She grapples with parents, friendships, love, and loss. She guides young readers toward painting, poetry, and music as powerful tools for developing their own ethical sensibility. As Harjo demonstrates, the act of making is an essential part of who we are, a means of inviting the past into the present and a critical tool young women can use to shape a more just future. Lyrical and compassionate, Harjo's call for creativity and empathy is an urgent and necessary work.

Hardcover, $21.99