{"product_id":"the-quaking-of-america-resmaa-menakem-9781949481662","title":"The Quaking of America: An Embodied Guide to Navigating Our Nation's Upheaval and Racial Reckoning","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eMy Grandmother's Hands\u003c\/i\u003e surveys America's deteriorating democracy and offers embodied practices to help us protect ourselves and our country. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"All of us need to read this book--and then act on it.\"--Angela Rye, NPR political analyst and former CNN commentator\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\". . . a volume our country, our bodies, and our humanity desperately need.\"--Michael Eric Dyson, author of \u003ci\u003eEntertaining Race\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLong Time Coming\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn\u003ci\u003e The Quaking of America\u003c\/i\u003e, therapist and trauma specialist Resmaa Menakem takes readers through somatic processes addressing the growing threat of white-supremacist political violence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough the coordinated repetition of lies, anti-democratic elements in American society are working to incite mass radicalization, widespread chaos, and a collective trauma response in tens of millions of American bodies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCurrently, most of us are utterly unprepared for this potential mayhem. This book can help prepare us--and possibly prevent further destruction. This preparation focuses not on strategy or politics, but on practices that can help us\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cli\u003eBuild presence and discernment in our bodies\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eSettle our bodies during the heat of conflict\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eMaintain our safety, sanity, and stability in dangerous situations\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eHeal our personal and collective racialized trauma\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003ePractice embodied social action\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eTurn \u003ci\u003etoward\u003c\/i\u003e instead of \u003ci\u003eon\u003c\/i\u003e one another\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eQuaking of America\u003c\/i\u003e is a unique and perfectly timed guide to help us navigate our widespread upheaval and build an antiracist culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Resmaa Menakem\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1949481662\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781949481662\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Central Recovery Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/12\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.13h x 6.06w x 1.42d","brand":"Resmaa Menakem","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44049950114047,"sku":"9781949481662","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7b407a1b-0683-4b7c-9c70-252c173529c5.jpg?v=1685004322","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-quaking-of-america-resmaa-menakem-9781949481662","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}