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Joy Harjo Reads Sandra Cisneros

The New Yorker: Poetry

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Exploring Contrasts and Paradoxes in 'Still Life'

The chapter delves into the juxtaposition of the title of a poem with its dynamic content, like potatoes and pearls, raw meat and rhinestones. It discusses the multiplicity of identity within a single person or community, touching on themes of memory, writing, survival, and imagination.

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