{"product_id":"harjo-joy-cloud-runnhb","title":"[10\/13\/26] Harjo, Joy: Cloud Runner (HB)","description":"\u003cp\u003eW. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company, hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: October 13, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLosing a child is one of the most unreconcilable griefs. In\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCloud Runner\u003c\/em\u003e, Joy Harjo reckons with the unspeakable pain of losing her daughter: \"Reason has no home in this hour,\" she writes. Despite a devasting loss, Harjo constructs a shrine to human resilience, reminding us that the most profound revelations can appear in our darkest hours: \"I now know why we construct ceremonial epics of mystery and beauty, \/ Of enemy and failure: it is so we can pick up our burdens \/ And go on.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHarjo's magical poems are known for weaving myth, song, and spirit. In this searing volume, her poems become essential witnesses to history, especially in our current era of compounded loss: mass shootings, missing and murdered Native women, climate disaster, and political violence.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCloud Runner\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eexplores how all grief may be connected; it is a testament to poetry's power to speak what is unspeakable, to touch what the mind cannot carry.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45118184095767,"sku":"9781324123651","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/819P-sv02-L._SL1500.jpg?v=1781818347","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/harjo-joy-cloud-runnhb","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}