{"product_id":"grieving-cristina-rivera-garza-9781936932931","title":"Grieving: Dispatches from a Wounded Country","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist for the 2020 National Book Critics' Circle Award for Criticism\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy one of Mexico's greatest contemporary writers, this investigation into \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003estate violence and mourning gives voice to the political experience of collective pain.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGrieving\u003c\/em\u003e is a hybrid collection of short cricas, journalism, and personal essays on systemic violence in contemporary Mexico and along the US-Mexico border. Drawing together literary theory and historical analysis, she outlines how neoliberalism, corruption, and drug trafficking--culminating in the misnamed \"war on drugs\"--has shaped her country. Working from and against this political context, Cristina Rivera Garza posits that collective grief is an act of resistance against state violence, and that writing is a powerful mode of seeking social justice and embodying resilience.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShe states: \"As we write, as we work with language--the humblest and most powerful force available to us--we activate the potential of words, phrases, sentences. Writing as we grieve, grieving as we write: a practice able to create refuge from the open. Writing with others. Grieving like someone who takes refuge from the open. Grieving, which is always a radically different mode of writing.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A lucid, poignant collection of essays and poetry. . . . deeply hopeful, ultimately love letters to writing itself, and to the power of language to overcome the silence that impunity imposes.\" --\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"For all the losses tallied, the pieces are imbued with optimism and an activist's passion for reshaping the world.\" --\u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cristina Rivera Garza\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1936932938\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781936932931\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Feminist Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2020\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 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2020 pg. 4","brand":"Cristina Rivera Garza","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44045873709311,"sku":"9781936932931","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5afd41b9-8632-47ef-a0bf-45f2269adad4.jpg?v=1684981275","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/grieving-cristina-rivera-garza-9781936932931","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}