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No country for eight-spot butterflies : a lyric essay / Julian Aguon.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Astra House, [2022]Edition: First editionDescription: 108 pages : illustrations ; 19 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781662601637 :
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: No country for eight-spot butterfliesDDC classification:
  • 305.899 AGU
LOC classification:
  • .A593 2022
Contents:
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 -- Gaosali -- Curved sticks and cowry shells : a conversation between Julian Aguon & Desiree Taimanglo-Ventura.
Summary: "No Country for Eight-Spot 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."-- Provided by publisher.
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Book Book Chico Branch Library Chico Branch Library ADULT NON-FICTION Adult 305.899 AGU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31300000320793
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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 -- Gaosali -- Curved sticks and cowry shells : a conversation between Julian Aguon & Desiree Taimanglo-Ventura.

"No Country for Eight-Spot 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."-- Provided by publisher.

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