{"product_id":"white-magic-9781951142391","title":"White Magic","description":"\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the PEN Open Book Award \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLonglisted for the PEN\/Jean Stein Award \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR, New York Public Library, LitHub, BookRiot, and Entropy Best Book of the Year \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Beguiling and haunting. . . . Washuta's voice sears itself onto the skin.\" ―\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBracingly honest and powerfully affecting, \u003ci\u003eWhite Magic\u003c\/i\u003e establishes Elissa Washuta as one of our best living essayists. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThroughout her life, Elissa Washuta has been surrounded by cheap facsimiles of Native spiritual tools and occult trends, \"starter witch kits\" of sage, rose quartz, and tarot cards packaged together in paper and plastic. Following a decade of abuse, addiction, PTSD, and heavy-duty drug treatment for a misdiagnosis of bipolar disorder, she felt drawn to the real spirits and powers her dispossessed and discarded ancestors knew, while she undertook necessary work to find love and meaning. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this collection of intertwined essays, she writes about land, heartbreak, and colonization, about life without the escape hatch of intoxication, and about how she became a powerful witch. She interlaces stories from her forebears with cultural artifacts from her own life--\u003ci\u003eTwin Peaks\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eOregon Trail II\u003c\/i\u003e video game, a Claymation Satan, a YouTube video of Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham--to explore questions of cultural inheritance and the particular danger, as a Native woman, of relaxing into romantic love under colonial rule.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elissa Washuta\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tin House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/27\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.70w x 1.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781951142391\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2021 pg. 97\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2021 pg. 4\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/26\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWashuta is a member of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe and a nonfiction writer. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eStarvation Mode\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMy Body Is a Book of Rules\u003c\/i\u003e, named a finalist for the Washington State Book Award. With Theresa Warburton, she is co-editor of the anthology \u003ci\u003eShapes of Native Nonfiction: Collected Essays by Contemporary Writers\u003c\/i\u003e. She is an assistant professor of creative writing at the Ohio State University.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Elissa Washuta \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47834240090269,"sku":"9781951142391","price":46.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_693b9700-bdb5-440f-900c-86f384d24c9f.jpg?v=1776147242","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/white-magic-9781951142391","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}