Secrets From The Center Of The World

Jacket Description/Back: Secrets From the Center of the World is a volume in Sun Tracks, and American Indian literary series sponsored by the American Indian Studies Program and the Department of English, University of Arizona. Biographical Note: 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."Review Quotes: "A rare symbiotic relationship of complementary visions. . . . Rare beauty." --"Northwest Review" "Deeply affecting and memorable. . . . An artist to be followed." --"Parabola" "A joy to behold, and a delight to read." --"The Journal of Arizona History" "A testament to the earth's living spirit. This volume is a book of beauty, pleasing to the ear and eye. . . . Moving prose and colorful photographs that originated in the heart and speak to us of the center of our being." --"American Indian Culture and Research Journal"

Contributor Bio:  Harjo, Joy Joy Harjo, writer, poet, artist, screenwriter, and musician; a member of the Muskogee tribe; born in Oklahoma. Contributor Bio:  Strom, Stephen E Stephen E. Strom is Astronomer Emeritus at the National Optical Astronomy Observatory. An accomplished photographer as well as an astronomer, Strom has provided photographs for three previous University of Arizona Press books: Secrets from the Center of the World, Sonoita Plain, and TsA(c)yia/Deep in the Rock. Contributor Bio:  Strom, Stephen Stephen Strom has spent his professional career as an astronomer. In 1964 received his Masters and Ph. D. in Astronomy from Harvard University. He held appointments as Lecturer in Astronomy at Harvard and Astrophysicist at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. More recently Strom returned to Tucson as a member of the scientific staff at the National Optical Astronomy Observatory.