Secrets from the Center of the World: Volume 17

"My house is the red earth; it could be the center of the world."

This is Navajo country, a land of mysterious and delicate beauty. "Stephen Strom's photographs lead you to that place," writes Joy Harjo. "The camera eye becomes a space you can move through into the powerful landscapes that he photographs. The horizon may shift and change all around you, but underneath it is the heart with which we move." Harjo's prose poems accompany these images, interpreting each photograph as a story that evokes the spirit of the Earth. Images and words harmonize to evoke the mysteries of what the Navajo call the center of the world.

Author: Joy Harjo
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 07/01/1989
Pages: 80
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.28lbs
Size: 6.64h x 6.03w x 0.24d
ISBN13: 9780816511136
ISBN10: 0816511136
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | American | Native American
- History | General
- Poetry | Women Authors

About the Author
Joy Harjo (Mvskoke/Creek) is an internationally known poet, writer, and musician. She has published seven books of poetry and the children's book The Good Luck Cat.