{"product_id":"rose-quartz-poems-paperback","title":"Rose Quartz: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSasha Taqwsəblu Lapointe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA wild, seductive debut collection that presents a powerful journey of struggle and healing--and a spellbinding brew of folklore, movies, music, and ritual. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Draw me encircled \/\/ in something \/\/ other than gasoline.\" The poems of Rose Quartz hum with the naked energy of one who has found her way home after a journey rife with difficulty and who has the scars to show for it. In them, Sasha taqwsəblu LaPointe moves from intimate scenes of peril--a car accident, an unwelcome advance at a party, a miscarriage--to the salvific, exhilarating punk scene of the Pacific Northwest and the centering shores of her Coast Salish ancestors. Along the way, she peers into the darker corners of her own search for belonging, and finds there glittering stones dense with meaning and the power to move forward. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs game to follow a beckoning Laura Palmer into the burning woods as she is to step into the shoes of Little Red Riding Hood as she lays waste to her wolf, LaPointe explores the sublime space between beauty and danger through lush, almost baroque, use of folktale and color. Red, white, blue, and an amalgam that is none of the above--rose--vie for the speaker's embrace as a mixed-race woman. Here, poems become offerings, rituals, incantations conjured in the name of healing and power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike the stones and cards laid on an altar, \u003ci\u003eRose Quartz\u003c\/i\u003e offers a reading at the intersection of identity and myth, trauma and truth, telling the story of past, present, and future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSasha taqwsəblu LaPointe\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eRose Quartz\u003c\/i\u003e. She is from the Upper Skagit and Nooksack Indian Tribes. Native to the Pacific Northwest, she draws inspiration from her coastal heritage as well as her life in the city. She is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir \u003ci\u003eRed Paint\u003c\/i\u003e, and holds a double MFA in creative nonfiction and poetry from the Institute of American Indian Arts.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eHer work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eYellow Medicine Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHunger Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. She lives in Tacoma, Washington.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.4 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 14, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760889495840,"sku":"9781571315434","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c81d1fddf161fd01b7b8d681b0cb305a.webp?v=1780193230","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/rose-quartz-poems-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}