{"product_id":"the-tao-of-raven-an-alaska-native-memoir-paperback","title":"The Tao of Raven: An Alaska Native Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eErnestine Hayes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her first book, Blonde Indian, Ernestine Hayes powerfully recounted the story of returning to Juneau and to her Tlingit home after many years of wandering. \u003ci\u003eThe Tao of Raven\u003c\/i\u003e takes up the next and, in some ways, less explored question: once the exile returns, then what? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing the story of Raven and the Box of Daylight (and relating it to Sun Tzu's equally timeless \u003ci\u003eArt of War\u003c\/i\u003e) to deepen her narration and reflection, Hayes expresses an ongoing frustration and anger at the obstacles and prejudices still facing Alaska Natives in their own land, but also recounts her own story of attending and completing college in her fifties and becoming a professor and a writer. Hayes lyrically weaves together strands of memoir, contemplation, and fiction to articulate an Indigenous worldview in which all things are connected, in which intergenerational trauma creates many hardships but transformation is still possible. Now a grandmother and thinking very much of the generations who will come after her, Hayes speaks for herself but also has powerful things to say about the resilience and complications of her Native community.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eErnestine Hayes (Tlingit) is professor of English at the University of Alaska Southeast and the 2016-18 Alaska State Writer Laureate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 11, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754135978272,"sku":"9780295745725","price":21.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f99deaf04bef8ef2c0fc91e06040a11e.webp?v=1780034174","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-tao-of-raven-an-alaska-native-memoir-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}