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© 2011 Joy Harjo and Tanaya Winder

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Harjo, Joy.

Soul talk, song language : conversations with Joy Harjo / Joy Harjo and Tanaya Winder ; photographs by Joy Harjo.

p. cm.

ISBN 978-0-8195-7150-2 (cloth : alk. paper) —

ISBN 978-0-8195-7151-9 (e-book)

1. Harjo, Joy—Interviews. 2. Indian authors—Interviews. 

3. Indians in literature.  4. Indians of North America—Ethnic identity.

I. Winder, Tanaya. II. Title.

PS3558.A62423Z46 2011

811’.54—dc22        2011021768

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