How We Became Human : New and Selected Poems H.l.t. Quan From the mid-century metropolis of

From the mid-century metropolis of Chicago to the windswept ancestral lands of the Dakota people

to heaping platters of family-style salads and sides like Peach & Blackberry Salad and Green Beans with Sage

Their fates are now completely intertwined--every choice Coriolanus makes could lead to favor or failure

in this handsome lined journal

How We Became Human : New and Selected Poems H.l.t. Quan From the mid-century metropolis ofThis collection gathers poems from throughout Joy Harjo's twenty eight year career, beginning in 1973 in the age marked by the takeover at Wounded Knee and the rejuvenation of indigenous cultures in the world through poetry and music. How We Became Human explores its title question in poems of sustaining grace.