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Lessons for survival : mothering against "the apocalypse" / Emily Raboteau.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2024Edition: First editionDescription: xv, 284 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781250809766
  • 1250809762
Other title:
  • Mothering against "the apocalypse"
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Spark Bird -- Caution -- Playground Structures -- Our Nest -- Know Your Rights! -- Climate Signs -- Birds See No Borders -- Lessons in Survival -- Do Epic Shit -- Mother of All Good Things -- It Was Already Tomorrow -- While We Are Still Here -- How Do You Live with Displacement? -- The Ramble -- Shelter in Place -- In Those Dark Days -- Together, We Watch -- You Have Been Given -- Gutbucket -- The Dream House and the Pond.
Summary: "A powerfully moving meditation on race, climate, environmental justice--and what it takes to find shelter"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library Biography New RABOTEAU E. R116 Available 33111011122583
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Biography New RABOTEAU E. R116 Checked out 06/03/2024 33111011333412
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Award-winning author and critic Emily Raboteau crafts a powerfully moving meditation on race, climate, environmental justice--and what it takes to find shelter.

Lessons for Survival is a probing series of pilgrimages from the perspective of a mother struggling to raise her children to thrive without coming undone in an era of turbulent intersecting crises.

With camera in hand, Raboteau goes in search of birds, fluttering in the air or painted on buildings, and city parks where her children may safely play while avoiding pollution, pandemics, and the police. She ventures abroad to learn from Indigenous peoples, and in her own family and community, she discovers the most intimate examples of resilience. Raboteau bears witness to the inner life of Black womanhood, motherhood, the brutalities and possibilities of cities, while celebrating the beauty and fragility of nature. This innovative work of reportage and autobiography stitches together multiple stories of protection, offering a profound sense of hope.

Spark Bird -- Caution -- Playground Structures -- Our Nest -- Know Your Rights! -- Climate Signs -- Birds See No Borders -- Lessons in Survival -- Do Epic Shit -- Mother of All Good Things -- It Was Already Tomorrow -- While We Are Still Here -- How Do You Live with Displacement? -- The Ramble -- Shelter in Place -- In Those Dark Days -- Together, We Watch -- You Have Been Given -- Gutbucket -- The Dream House and the Pond.

"A powerfully moving meditation on race, climate, environmental justice--and what it takes to find shelter"-- Provided by publisher.

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