Full of celebration, crisis, brokenness, and healing.--Daisy Fried, New York Times If you only read one book of poems this summer, make it An American Sunrise . Every step of the journey is deeply moving. Rich and deeply engaging, An American Sunrise creates bridges of understanding while reminding readers to face and remember the past.--Elizabeth Lund, Washington Post While the subject matter of her new poems continuously hits you in the gut, Harjo brings a sense of resilience to that dark history.--Christian Allaire, Vogue Radiant. [A] profound, brilliantly conceived song cycle celebrating ancestors, present and future generations, historic endurance and fresh beginnings.--Jane Ciabattari, BBC An American Sunrise is a wisdom quest as Joy Harjo returns to the place of her ancestors.

This haunting and breathtaking book invokes the relocation of the southeastern peoples, of what they endured and lost. Harjo is a visionary and a truth sayer, and her expansive imagination sweeps time, interpolating history into the present. She writes: 'Rivers are the old roads, as are songs, to traverse memory.' Creating a confluence of words, a new language for storytelling arises. An American Sunrise is a powerful tour de force.--Elise Paschen, author of The Nightlife Resplendent and reverberating. Harjo's bracing political perspective is matched by timeless wisdom. In clarion, incantatory poems that recalibrate the heart and mind, Harjo conveys both the endless ripples of loss and the brightening beauty and hope of the sunrise.

--Booklist.