{"product_id":"thunder-song-essays-paperback","title":"Thunder Song: Essays - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSasha Lapointe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Blending beautiful family history with her own personal memories, LaPointe's writing is a ballad against amnesia, and a call to action for healing, for decolonization, for hope.\" --\u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe author of the award-winning memoir \u003ci\u003eRed Paint\u003c\/i\u003e returns with a razor-sharp, clear-eyed collection of essays on what it means to be a proudly queer indigenous woman in the United States today \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on a rich family archive as well as the anthropological work of her late great-grandmother, Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe explores themes ranging from indigenous identity and stereotypes to cultural displacement and environmental degradation to understand what our experiences teach us about the power of community, commitment, and conscientious honesty. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUnapologetically punk, the essays in \u003ci\u003eThunder Song\u003c\/i\u003e segue from the miraculous to the mundane, from the spiritual to the physical, as they examine the role of art--in particular music--and community in helping a new generation of indigenous people claim the strength of their heritage while defining their own path in the contemporary world.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe\u003c\/b\u003e is a Coast Salish author from the Nooksack and Upper Skagit Indian tribes. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eRed Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of a Pacific Northwest Book Award, the Washington State Book Award for Creative Nonfiction\/Memoir, and an NPR Best Book of the Year, and the poetry collection \u003ci\u003eRose Quartz\u003c\/i\u003e. She received a double MFA in creative nonfiction and poetry from the Institute of American Indian Arts. She lives in Tacoma, Washington.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 04, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47192569676025,"sku":"9781640096943","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/kyS6U1bTSh9781640096943.webp?v=1767899359","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/thunder-song-essays-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}