For a Girl Becoming
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A baby girl is welcomed to the breathing world by generations of her family and set on the magnificent journey of becoming. As she grows, she is reminded of her connections to the natural world; to her family, her ancestors, her neighbors; to the source of all magic and sorrowโand of her responsibility to uphold and honor those connections.
With US Poet Laureate Joy Harjoโs transcendent verse and Pura Belprรฉ Award winner Adriana Garciaโs monumental illustrations, For a Girl Becoming acts as a blessing and a harbinger for a young girlโs lifeโand reminds those of us who still stand at the door of becoming that it is our relationships with nature and with each other that carry us through it.
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Joy Harjo is a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. She is the author of nine poetry collections and two memoirs, most recently Poet Warrior. The recipient of the 2023 Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2023 Bollingen Prize for American Poetry, and the 2017 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, she lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Adriana Garcia is the winner of and two-time Honor recipient of the Pura Belprรฉ Award. She lives in San Antonio, Texas.
