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Thunder Song: Essays | Sasha LaPointe
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The author of the award-winning memoir Red Paint returns with a razor-sharp, clear-eyed collection of essays on what it means to be a proudly queer indigenous woman in the United States today Drawing on a rich family archive as well as the anthropological work of her late great-grandmother, Sasha taq?s??blu LaPointe explores themes ranging from indigenous identity and stereotypes to cultural displacement and environmental degradation to understand what our experiences teach us about the power of community, commitment, and conscientious honesty. Unapologetically punk, the essays in Thunder Song segue from the miraculous to the mundane, from the spiritual to the physical, as they examine the role of art—in particular music—and community in helping a new generation of indigenous people claim the strength of their heritage while defining their own path in the contemporary world.
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I really enjoyed this book of essays from a Coast Salish woman. She‘s such a thoughtful writer and is open-minded in a way many people are not. I‘d love to read more from her.

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Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe is a Court Salish woman living in Tacoma, Washington. In these essays, she writes about her family, her history, and her concerns as a queer indigenous woman. The essays' topics are wide-ranging and deeply personal. She writes about food, culture, her relationship with her mother, her queerness and more. Throughout, who she is and what her passions are loud and clear. Recommended.

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I read two great queer BIPOC essay collections recently. Thunder was written by an indigenous punk woman from the Pacific NW. She linked her personal history with that of tribe members who came before her.

Geoffrey worked in art and fashion in Berlin and NYC. He examined what he enjoyed about the fast, sex and drug-fueled lifestyle he lived and what it cost him in mental health struggles.

Both TW for sexual assault.

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My copy of Thunder Song by Sasha LaPointe arrived today from Quiet Quail Books. Beautiful cover!