-Every writer has one thing they want, need to work
out desperately in their writing … I seem to be dealing with
transformation, a way to make sense of, to rectify, a terrible,
beautiful history.”
* Joy
Harjo
Joy Harjo, a Creek poet, screenwriter, and
saxophonist, is one of 13 Southwestern authors featured in Writing
the Southwest, a radio documentary series airing on public radio
stations this fall and winter. Born out of the Writer’s Co-op in
Santa Fe, N.M., the shows spotlight Edward Abbey, Tony Hillerman,
and Barbara Kingsolver, among others. A companion book, Writing the
Southwest, made up of excerpts, biographies and interviews with
each author, will be available soon. For more information, contact
David Dunaway, Writing the Southwest, Department of English,
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-1106
(505/277-4438).
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Southwestern writers hit the airwaves.
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