{"product_id":"from-unincorporated-territory-zmot-9781632431189","title":"From Unincorporated Territory [Åmot]","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the National Book Award for Poetry, this collection of experimental and visual poems dives into the history and culture of the poet's homeland, Guam.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book is the fifth collection in Craig Santos Perez's ongoing\u003ci\u003e from unincorporated territory \u003c\/i\u003eseries about the history of his homeland, the western Pacific island of Guåhan (Guam), and the culture of his indigenous Chamoru people. \"Åmot\" is the Chamoru word for \"medicine,\" commonly referring to medicinal plants. Traditional Chamoru healers were known as yo'åmte; they gathered åmot in the jungle and recited chants and invocations of taotao'mona, or ancestral spirits, in the healing process. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Through experimental and visual poetry, Perez explores how storytelling can become a symbolic form of åmot, offering healing from the traumas of colonialism, militarism, migration, environmental injustice, and the death of elders. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Craig Santos Perez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Omnidawn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/05\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 6.20w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781632431189\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e National Book Awards - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2023 pg. 10\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCraig Santos Perez\u003c\/b\u003e is an indigenous Chamoru from the Pacific Island of Guåhan (Guam). He is the coeditor of six anthologies; the author of five poetry collections, including \u003ci\u003eHabitat Threshold\u003c\/i\u003e; and the author of the monograph, \u003ci\u003e Navigating Chamoru Poetry: Indigeneity, Aesthetics, and Decolonization\u003c\/i\u003e. He is professor in the English department and an affiliate faculty with the Center for Pacific Islands Studies and the Indigenous Politics Program at the University of Hawai'i, Manoa. He has received the American Book Award, Pen Center USA\/Poetry Society of America Literary Prize, Hawai'i Literary Arts Council Award, Nautilus Book Award, and the George Garrett Award for Outstanding Community Service in Literature from the Associated Writing Programs. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Craig Santos Perez \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48311278534813,"sku":"9781632431189","price":27.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_6d2addee-d7eb-4475-bfd9-fe59e1f2a49b.jpg?v=1779260275","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/from-unincorporated-territory-zmot-9781632431189","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}