{"product_id":"we-are-meant-to-rise-voices-for-justice-from-minneapolis-to-the-world-paperback","title":"We Are Meant to Rise: Voices for Justice from Minneapolis to the World - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarolyn Holbrook\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eDavid Mura\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA brilliant and rich gathering of voices on the American experience of this past year and beyond, from Indigenous writers and writers of color from Minnesota\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this significant collection, Indigenous writers and writers of color bear witness to one of the most unsettling years in the history of the United States. Essays and poems vividly reflect and comment on the traumas we endured in 2020, beginning with the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, deepened by the blatant murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers and the uprisings that immersed our city into the epicenter of passionate, worldwide demands for justice. In inspired and incisive writing these contributors speak unvarnished truths not only to the original and pernicious racism threaded through the American experience but also to the deeply personal, in essays about family, loss, food culture, economic security, and mental health. Their call and response is united here to rise and be heard. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe Are Meant to Rise\u003c\/i\u003e lifts up the astonishing variety of BIPOC writers in Minnesota. From authors with international reputations to newly emerging voices, it features people from many cultures, including Indigenous Dakota and Anishinaabe, African American, Hmong, Somali, Afghani, Lebanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Japanese, Puerto Rican, Colombian, Mexican, transracial adoptees, mixed race, and LGBTQ+ perspectives. Most of the contributors have participated in More Than a Single Story, a popular and insightful conversation series in Minneapolis that features Indigenous and people of color speaking on what most concerns their communities. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe Are Meant to Rise\u003c\/i\u003e meets the events of the day, the year, the centuries before, again and again, with powerful testament to the intrinsic and unique value of the human voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors: Suleiman Adan, Mary Moore Easter, Louise Erdrich, Anika Fajardo, Safy-Hallan Farah, Said Farah, Sherrie Fernandez-Williams, Pamela R. Fletcher Bush, Shannon Gibney, Kathryn Haddad, Tish Jones, Ezekiel Joubert III, Douglas Kearney, Ed Bok Lee, Ricardo Levins Morales, Arleta Little, Resmaa Menakem, Tess Montgomery, Ahmad Qais Munhazim, Melissa Olson, Alexs Pate, Bao Phi, Mona Susan Power, Samantha Sencer-Mura, Said Shaiye, Erin Sharkey, Sun Yung Shin, Michael Torres, Diane Wilson, Kao Kalia Yang, and Kevin Yang.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarolyn Holbrook is the founder and director of More Than a Single Story. She is author of the essay collection \u003ci\u003eTell Me Your Names and I Will Testify\u003c\/i\u003e (Minnesota, 2020), winner of a Minnesota Book Award, and coauthor of Dr. Josie R. Johnson's memoir \u003ci\u003eHope in the Struggle\u003c\/i\u003e (Minnesota, 2019). She teaches creative writing at Hamline University, the Loft Literary Center, and other community venues. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Mura's most recent book is \u003ci\u003eA Stranger's Journey: Race, Identity, and Narrative Craft in Writing\u003c\/i\u003e. He is author of two memoirs, \u003ci\u003eTurning Japanese: Memoirs of a Sansei\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Oakland PEN Josephine Miles Book Award and was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book, and \u003ci\u003eWhere the Body Meets Memory\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 23, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767518363936,"sku":"9781517912215","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6c55321e9d6a85f4ea69e718e8aade88.webp?v=1780312563","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/we-are-meant-to-rise-voices-for-justice-from-minneapolis-to-the-world-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}