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RECORD NUMBER: 1 OF 1Main Title | No country for eight-spot butterflies : a lyric essay / | |||||||||||
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Author | Aguon, Julian, | |||||||||||
Publisher | Astra House, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 2022 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 1289921033 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 9781662601637; 1662601638 | |||||||||||
Subjects | Chamorro (Micronesian people)--Guam--Biography ; Civil rights lawyers--Guam--Biography ; Chamorro (Micronesian people)--Guam--Social conditions ; Indigenous peoples--Social conditions ; Social justice ; Environmental justice ; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General ; Chamorro (Micronesian people)--Social conditions ; Native peoples ; Environmental protection | |||||||||||
Additional Subjects | Aguon, Julian | |||||||||||
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Edition | First edition. | |||||||||||
Collation | 108 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm | |||||||||||
Notes | Originally published as The properties of perpetual light by University of Guam Press, 2021. Includes bibliographical references. |
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Contents Notes | Introduction / by Arundhati Roy -- The properties of perpetual light -- Go with the moon -- No country for eight-spot butterflies -- My mother's bamboo bracelets : a handful of lessons on saving the world -- Sherman Alexie looked me dead in the eye once -- More right -- Birthday cakes mean birthdays -- Yugu means yoke -- A crowbar and a conch shell -- The gift Anne gave me -- Nirmal Hriday -- Mugo' -- The ocean within -- We have no need for scientists -- We reach for you -- Reflections while driving -- Nikki and me -- Onion and garlic -- Fighting words -- Yeye tere -- Our father -- GaosĂȘali -- Curved sticks and cowry shells : a conversation between Julian Aguon & Desiree Taimanglo-Ventura. "No Country for Eight-Spotted Butterflies is a collection of soulful ruminations about love, loss, struggle, resilience and power. Part memoir, part manifesto, the book is both a coming-of-age story and a call for justice-for everyone but, in particular, for indigenous peoples-his own and others"-- |