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No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies: A…
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No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies: A Lyric Essay (origineel 2021; editie 2022)

door Julian Aguon (Auteur), Arundhati Roy (Introductie)

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Biography & Autobiography. Multi-Cultural. Nature. Nonfiction. Part memoir, part manifesto, Chamorro climate activist Julian Aguon's No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies is a coming-of-age story and a call for justice-for everyone, but in particular, for Indigenous peoples. In bracing poetry and compelling prose, Aguon weaves together stories from his childhood in the villages of Guam with searing political commentary about matters ranging from nuclear weapons to global warming. Undertaking the work of bearing witness, wrestling with the most pressing questions of the modern day, and reckoning with the challenge of truth-telling in an era of rampant obfuscation, he culls from his own life experiences-from losing his father to pancreatic cancer to working for Mother Teresa to an edifying chance encounter with Sherman Alexie-to illuminate a collective path out of the darkness. A powerful, bold, new voice writing at the intersection of Indigenous rights and environmental justice, Julian Aguon is entrenched in the struggles of the people of the Pacific to liberate themselves from colonial rule, defend their sacred sites, and obtain justice for generations of harm. In No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies, Aguon shares his wisdom and reflections on love, grief, joy, and triumph and extends an offer to join him in a hard-earned hope for a better world.… (meer)
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Titel:No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies: A Lyric Essay
Auteurs:Julian Aguon (Auteur)
Andere auteurs:Arundhati Roy (Introductie)
Info:Astra House (2022), 128 pages
Verzamelingen:Still to Finish, Government, Teen Books, Jouw bibliotheek, Verlanglijst, Aan het lezen, Te lezen, Gelezen, maar niet in bezit, Favorieten
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This book collects essays, speeches, and poetry of Julian Aguoun, a Chamorro human rights lawyer, activist, and writer from Guam. The book offers an autobiographical glimpse of Aguon growing up as an indigenous person in a colonized land. Climate change is adversely affecting Pacific islands due to sea level rise, while Guam in particular is being devastated to allow an increase in US Military presence (including the habitat for the titular butterflies). The effects of nuclear testing on Pacific Islands still linger generations later, while North Korea has put Guam in its sights for nuclear attack.

Yet Aguon remains a positive person recognizing the the beauty of nature and in humanity. I particularly like his memoirs of growing up in Guam such as a long walk with a friend after being put off the school bus by a prejudiced driver. Aquon also celebrates many of his favorite authors including Arundhati Roy, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Paulo Coelho, and (with regrets) Sherman Alexie. It's a slim volume but a great inspiration. ( )
  Othemts | Jan 22, 2024 |
I have a tradition. Whenever I publish a new book and I get to drive over to the printer (right here in Michigan!) and pick up my paperbacks, afterwards I go into Ann Arbor, buy myself a book at Literati, and go out to to lunch. The rule is, it has to be a book I have never heard of before walking in, I have to fall in love with it just based on store curation. Last time around it was Tentacle, which I have screamed about how much I love for ages. This time I was already 99% sold on this book before I realized that the author is from Guam, which I definitely do not have yet on my Read the World challenge.

I really loved this! It is a collection of essays and poems and speeches, all united in themes of indigenous activism, anti-colonialism, grief, environmentalism, the power of words... and it is dripping with footnotes that are absolutely delightful, often educational, and usually made of love -- citing a source for an idea or a turn of phrase. Making connections with other authors and activists for further reading, nesting itself in a community of writers fighting for the world.

Listen. This spring when everyone is buying the fifty billionth copy of Oh, the Places You'll Go! for the grads in their lives, BUY THIS INSTEAD. ( )
  greeniezona | Nov 19, 2023 |
not comforting but oddly soothing and inspiring - goes from terrifying to enlightenment in a page or two ( )
  Overgaard | Oct 10, 2022 |
Julian Aguon is a human rights lawyer and defender from Guam. “No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies” is a collection of poems, essays and speeches which center around crucial topics such as colonisation, climate change and the rights of indigenous populations. In total, it forms into a manifesto for the respect of life on earth, no matter if human, animal or plant. He gives insight in his own process of growing up, of gaining insight and learning that even though we as humans should care for the same ideas and aims, the world often works with other mechanisms.

The author has formed a strong voice which immediately captures the reader. In the afterword, he states what he thinks is crucial at the moment, it is not being loud, but to listen. He does not use an accusatory tone, but a quite voice which makes you concentrate more on what is said, paying more attention and reading more closely.

Some of the essays provided new information to me, in others, it was mainly the perspective that was new and which I have ignored so far. It is beautifully written despite the seriousness of the topic and the increasing urgency for action.

An outstanding collection that definitely does leave an impact on the reader. ( )
  miss.mesmerized | Sep 3, 2022 |
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Biography & Autobiography. Multi-Cultural. Nature. Nonfiction. Part memoir, part manifesto, Chamorro climate activist Julian Aguon's No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies is a coming-of-age story and a call for justice-for everyone, but in particular, for Indigenous peoples. In bracing poetry and compelling prose, Aguon weaves together stories from his childhood in the villages of Guam with searing political commentary about matters ranging from nuclear weapons to global warming. Undertaking the work of bearing witness, wrestling with the most pressing questions of the modern day, and reckoning with the challenge of truth-telling in an era of rampant obfuscation, he culls from his own life experiences-from losing his father to pancreatic cancer to working for Mother Teresa to an edifying chance encounter with Sherman Alexie-to illuminate a collective path out of the darkness. A powerful, bold, new voice writing at the intersection of Indigenous rights and environmental justice, Julian Aguon is entrenched in the struggles of the people of the Pacific to liberate themselves from colonial rule, defend their sacred sites, and obtain justice for generations of harm. In No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies, Aguon shares his wisdom and reflections on love, grief, joy, and triumph and extends an offer to join him in a hard-earned hope for a better world.

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