"Her musings on the 'story we call "America"' hit home, and her enduring message--that writing can be redemptive--resonates: 'To write is to make a mark in the world, to assert "I am."' The result is a rousing testament to the power of storytelling."-- Publishers Weekly "Readers will be fascinated to learn how poetry, performance, song, Native culture, and an unparalleled work ethic came together to inform [Harjo's] artistic journey. Always illuminating, Harjo writes as if the creative journey has been the destination all along."-- Kirkus Reviews Selected by Time as one of the best new books of October 2022 "For Harjo, poetry is both a calling and a necessity for survival. Most of these fifty vignettes get right to the heart of the matter--as is Harjo's way. We need writing to make sense of the world."--Yvonne C.

Garrett, Brooklyn Rail " Catching the Light is rich with Harjo's observations about language and place and imagination and the work they do in the world--observations gathered over the course of a lifetime as a poet, memoirist, musician and three-term U.S. poet laureate."--Jane Marcellus, Chapter 16/ Chattanooga Times Free Press Included on Book Riot 's list of "22 Must-Read Indigenous Authors" "A must-read for any fan of poetry and literature. This new memoir contains Harjo's ruminations on a half-century of writing and activism."-- Bustle , "October Best Books" Praise for Joy Harjo: "I turn and return to Harjo's poetry for her breathtaking complex witness and for her world-remaking language."--Adrienne Rich "[Harjo's] poetry is light and elixir, the very best prescription for us in wounded times."--Sandra Cisneros, The Millions.