{"product_id":"grieving-dispatches-from-a-wounded-country","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 crónicas, 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","brand":"Sarah Booker, Cristina Rivera Garza","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47277733249260,"sku":"9781936932931","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781936932931.jpg?v=1770244963","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/grieving-dispatches-from-a-wounded-country","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}