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 * **Joy Harjo was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma**
 * **Joy Harjo was intereseat in dance and she joined a troupe of American dancers when she was a teenager**
 * **Her essay "Suspended" demostatres music's ability to become a transport**
 * **Harjo can connect her cultural heritage to her creative and evetyday world**
 * **Harjo attended the Institute of American Indian Arts, the University of new Mexico, and the Writers' Workshop of the University of Lowa**