{"product_id":"from-unincorporated-territory-mot-craig-santos-perez-9781632431189","title":"From Unincorporated Territory [ﾅmot]","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the National Book Award for Poetry, this collection of experimental and visual poems dives into the history and culture of the poet's homeland, Guam.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book is the fifth collection in Craig Santos Perez's ongoing\u003ci\u003e from unincorporated territory \u003c\/i\u003eseries about the history of his homeland, the western Pacific island of Gu乕an (Guam), and the culture of his indigenous Chamoru people. \"ﾅmot\" is the Chamoru word for \"medicine,\" commonly referring to medicinal plants. Traditional Chamoru healers were known as yo'蚓te; they gathered 蚓ot in the jungle and recited chants and invocations of taotao'mona, or ancestral spirits, in the healing process. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Through experimental and visual poetry, Perez explores how storytelling can become a symbolic form of 蚓ot, offering healing from the traumas of colonialism, militarism, migration, environmental injustice, and the death of elders. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Craig Santos Perez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1632431181\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781632431189\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Omnidawn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/05\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 6.20w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e National Book Awards - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2023 pg. 10","brand":"Craig Santos Perez","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44080319168767,"sku":"9781632431189","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d5b89b27-7a65-45e6-a2ff-3750e5b72693.jpg?v=1685486149","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/from-unincorporated-territory-mot-craig-santos-perez-9781632431189","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}