{"product_id":"finding-querencia-harrison-candelaria-fletcher-9780814258170","title":"Finding Querencia: Essays from In-Between","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner, 2022 New Mexico-Arizona Book Award (Autobiography\/Memoir category)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With its roots in the Spanish verb \u003ci\u003equerer\u003c\/i\u003e--\"to want, to love\"--the term \u003ci\u003equerencia \u003c\/i\u003ehas been called untranslatable but has come to mean a place of safety and belonging, that which we yearn for when we yearn for home. In this striking essay collection\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eHarrison Candelaria Fletcher shows that querencia is also a state of being: the peace that arises when we reconcile who we are. A New Mexican of mixed Latinx and white ethnicity, Candelaria Fletcher ventures into the fault lines of culture, landscape, and spirit to discover the source of his lifelong hauntings. Writing in the persona of \u003ci\u003ecoyote, \u003c\/i\u003e New Mexican slang for \"mixed,\" he explores the hyphenated elements within himself, including his whiteness. Blending memory, imagination, form, and language, each essay spirals outward to investigate, accept, and embrace hybridity. Ultimately, \u003ci\u003eFinding Querencia\u003c\/i\u003e offers a new vocabulary of mixed-ness, a way to reconcile the crosscurrents of self and soul.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Harrison Candelaria Fletcher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814258174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814258170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mad Creek Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/15\/2022","brand":"Harrison Candelaria Fletcher","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43987118588159,"sku":"9780814258170","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5fe8afa9-ed16-4077-b1e2-05c8c2251e8a.jpg?v=1683287120","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/finding-querencia-harrison-candelaria-fletcher-9780814258170","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}