{"product_id":"blue-corn-tongue-amber-mccrary-9780816554300","title":"Blue Corn Tongue: Poems in the Mouth of the Desert Volume 97","description":"\u003ci\u003eSh? First-person singular possessive pronoun my, mine \u003cbr\u003e examples: sh? heart, sh? squeeze, sh? hunny\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In a voice that is jubilant, irreverent, sometimes scouring, sometimes heartfelt, and always unmistakably her own, Amber McCrary remaps the deserts of Arizona through the blue corn story of a young Din? woman figuring out love and life with an O'odham man. Reflecting experiences of Indigenous joy, pain, and family, these shapeshifting poems celebrate the love between two Native partners, a love that flourishes alongside the traumas they face in the present and the past. From her ethereal connection with her saguaro muse, Hosh, to the intricate tapestry of her relationships with Din? relatives and her awakening to the complex world of toxic masculinity, McCrary brings together DIY zine aesthetics, life forms of juniper and mountains, and the beauty of Din? Bizaad to tell of the enduring bonds between people and place. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Journeying from the Colorado Plateau to the Sonoran Desert and back again, \u003ci\u003eBlue Corn Tongue\u003c\/i\u003e invokes the places, plants, and people of Din? Bik?yah and O'odham jeweḍ in a deeply honest exploration of love, memory, and intimacy confronting the legacy of land violence in these desert homelands. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amber McCrary\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816554307\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816554300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Arizona Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/28\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 114\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs","brand":"Amber McCrary","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46141013655807,"sku":"9780816554300","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cfa2fa47-a7c5-4fe9-a085-7e2136c665ae.jpg?v=1726597680","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/blue-corn-tongue-amber-mccrary-9780816554300","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}