Crazy Brave: A Memoir

Crazy Brave: a Memoir was written by Joy Harjo, a citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. Crazy Brave chronicles Harjo's life, detailing her thoughts, emotions, dreams and memories. Harjo writes of her love for her parents while expressing the hurt she experienced from domestic violence. This book explains the hardships and how she conquered her struggle with writing, music, art. She uses her power of poetry to help convey the emotions that flow through the book.

This story shows her growth into the woman she is today. Her many hardships she has overcome, as well as the insight into her own culture as well other tribal cultures that help to spread knowledge. The information that is talked about for both these topics is purposeful. She used this as a way to show that everyone's story should be heard, and using her native background puts her culture into the light.