{"product_id":"we-layli-long-soldier-9781644454176","title":"We","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn extraordinary work of poetry, essay, and artwork by Layli Long Soldier, author of the award-winning \u003ci\u003eWHEREAS\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWe\u003c\/i\u003e, Layli Long Soldier examines what it means to be in community, to be in relation with family, nation, history, and language. \u003ci\u003eWe\u003c\/i\u003e is the first-person plural, the pronoun of inclusion in English. It is also \u003ci\u003eWé\u003c\/i\u003e, the Lakota word meaning \"blood\"--what is shared and what is shed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this ingenious and insightful arrangement of poems, lyric essays, and her own visual artworks presented in full color, Long Soldier creates unique spaces of collaboration, mentorship, and shared knowledge. The 184 X's signed to a broken treaty, the fringes of a winged dress braided in honor of children lost to Indian boarding schools, and intricate Lakota star quilts become shapes and patterns that convey collective kinship, memory, and grievance. \"From this day forward,\" Long Soldier writes, \"I declare a war of language.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe\u003c\/i\u003e is a visionary new collection by a writer and artist whose unfolding works are among the most groundbreaking of our time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Layli Long Soldier\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1644454173\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781644454176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 7.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Layli Long Soldier","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48154262700287,"sku":"9781644454176","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c4736c05-a48a-4d23-ac58-8f150ee1c6f6.jpg?v=1770788985","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/we-layli-long-soldier-9781644454176","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}