Main Title |
No country for eight-spot butterflies : a lyric essay / |
Author |
Aguon, Julian,
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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
|
Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
ERAM |
DU647.A593 2022 |
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Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA |
09/12/2023 |
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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. |
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"-- |
Place Published |
New York |
Alternate Title |
No country for 8-spot butterflies |
PUB Date Free Form |
2022 |
BIB Level |
m |
Medium |
unmediated |
Content |
text |
Carrier |
volume |
Cataloging Source |
RDA |
LCCN |
2022002991 |
Merged OCLC records |
1289733028; 1289871759 |
OCLC Time Stamp |
20230905213019 |
Language |
eng |
Origin |
OCLC |
Type |
CAT |
OCLC Rec Leader |
03963cam 2200733 i 45010 |