Soul Talk, Song Language

"Soul Talk, Song Language gathers, makes, and shares stories that extend our vision of her work in and out of Indian Country."

~Susan Bernardin, World Literature Today

"In Soul Talk, Song Language Joy Harjo provides a rare and treasurable acoustic: the sound of an artist and woman thinking for herself, and for us. Never afraid of large questions of purpose and identity. But never remiss either in providing beautiful, small details of craft and commitment. This is an essential book."

~Eavan Boland, author of New Collected Poems

"A new book by Joy Harjo is a major event in American literature, and this collection of interviews is no exception. Harjo is a virtual Renaissance woman, the singer who stands at the center of a newly created universe warmed by her voice and her ability to rock n' roll. Harjo's comments on her own work in all its guises will be invaluable to anyone who cherishes poetry, music, oral tradition lore, and Native American history. These interviews bring us inside, to the kitchen table, where the universe is created over and over, by Joy Harjo, poet, fierce and tender singer, who revitalizes creation, makes it personal in her breaths. There is no substitute for the poet's own insights into her multifaceted body of work."

~Marilyn Kallet, author of Packing Light: New & Selected Poems

"A fascinating, complex portrait of Joy Harjo, the poet musician, emerges from these conversations. Soul Talk, Song Language focuses on her process of making an organic fusion of the musicality of words with the language of the saxophone. Everyone who loves her performances and her writing will want to read this book, which includes Joy's monthly columns for the Muscogee Nation News."

~Leslie Marmon Silko, author of The Turquoise Ledge

"Gathering stories, making stories, and sharing them in a dynamic back and forth defines our humanity. Soul Talk, Song Language gathers, makes, and shares stories that extend our vision of [Harjo's] work in and out of Indian Country."

~Susan Bernardin, World Literature Today

"In Soul Talk, Song Language Joy Harjo provides a rare and treasurable acoustic: the sound of an artist and woman thinking for herself, and for us. Never afraid of large questions of purpose and identity. But never remiss either in providing beautiful, small details of craft and commitment. This is an essential book."

~Eavan Boland, author of New Collected Poems