{"product_id":"white-magic-isbn-9781951142391","title":"White Magic","description":"\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the PEN Open Book Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLonglisted for the PEN\/Jean Stein Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR, New York Public Library, LitHub, BookRiot, and Entropy Best Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Beguiling and haunting. . . . Washuta's voice sears itself onto the skin.\" ―\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBracingly honest and powerfully affecting, \u003ci\u003eWhite Magic\u003c\/i\u003e establishes Elissa Washuta as one of our best living essayists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThroughout her life, Elissa Washuta has been surrounded by cheap facsimiles of Native spiritual tools and occult trends, “starter witch kits” of sage, rose quartz, and tarot cards packaged together in paper and plastic. Following a decade of abuse, addiction, PTSD, and heavy-duty drug treatment for a misdiagnosis of bipolar disorder, she felt drawn to the real spirits and powers her dispossessed and discarded ancestors knew, while she undertook necessary work to find love and meaning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this collection of intertwined essays, she writes about land, heartbreak, and colonization, about life without the escape hatch of intoxication, and about how she became a powerful witch. She interlaces stories from her forebears with cultural artifacts from her own life—\u003ci\u003eTwin Peaks\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eOregon Trail II\u003c\/i\u003e video game, a Claymation Satan, a YouTube video of Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham—to explore questions of cultural inheritance and the particular danger, as a Native woman, of relaxing into romantic love under colonial rule.\"Beguiling and haunting. . . . Washuta's voice sears itself onto the skin.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Electric.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A powerful look at the legacy and where some of the now-trendy spiritual practices find their origins.\"—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeople Magazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Elissa Washuta's newest collection of essays is coming out in 2021—and they may be exactly what you need right now.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In this potent, illuminating memoir in essays, Elissa Washuta, a member of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe, digs into her relationship with magic and the occult. . . . Touching on love, heritage, identity, and faith, \u003ci\u003eWhite Magic\u003c\/i\u003e is resonant and weighty.\" —\u003cb\u003eBuzzFeed\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Her prose is crisp and precise, and the references hit spot-on. . . . Fans of the personal essay are in for a treat.\"—\u003cb\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A fascinating magic trick of a memoir that illuminates a woman's search for meaning.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Riveting and insightful.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMs. Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[Sifts] through the broken shards of culture, looking for messages to restore one’s spirit.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A funny, piercingly intelligent memoir. . . . Washuta is thoroughly gifted.\"—\u003cb\u003eSeattleMet\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Remarkable. . . . Each essay is skillful at interweaving the personal and the historical—and on the whole, the collection is, well, magic.\"—\u003cb\u003eAlma\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Spellbinding.... [stirs] historical research and contemporary memoir into a captivating frenzy.\"—\u003cb\u003eNylon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Bold, inventive, bewitching.\"—\u003cb\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The most incredible memoir.\"—\u003cb\u003eLiberty Hardy, All the Books podcast, BookRiot\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Washuta's story and struggles become a metaphor for the toll of colonialism on generations of Indigenous people like herself. Readers of recovery narratives, women's issues, and keenly observed social commentary will be rewarded here.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Incantatory.... impassioned.\"—\u003cb\u003eRefinery29, 50 Books to Read in 2021\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"She interlaces stories from her Native forebears with cultural artifacts from her own life.\"—\u003cb\u003eNew York Public Library\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Her unique voice as a Cowlitz woman who refuses to be contained by colonialism, sexism, and ableism will light a fire in any reader who is paying attention.\"—\u003cb\u003eBookRiot\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In the end, it is not tarot cards but writing — the tedious but magical process of decoding and rebuilding with new tricks and spells — that proves to be the real magic.\"—\u003cb\u003eCrosscut, Five PNW memoirs to read for Independent Bookstore Day 2021\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An innovative and deeply felt work to sink into.\"—\u003cb\u003eThe Millions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A well of invention and imagination.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Powerful. . . . Washuta’s essays refuse the mandate of a tidy resolution. Instead she circles around each subject, inspecting it as symbol, myth, metaphor, and reality, all while allowing her readers space to draw their own conclusions, or to reject the need for any conclusion at all. Like a stage magician, she asks readers to look again. \u003ci\u003eWhite Magic\u003c\/i\u003e is an insightful, surprising, and eloquent record of stories of magic and the magic in stories.\" —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eWhite Magic\u003c\/i\u003e] is unlike any other book out there and will certainly launch Washuta’s meteoric rise.\" —\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBookPage\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Washuta’s frank confrontations with, and acknowledgments of, unhealed wounds are validating. . . . evoking the sense of peeling open a letter from an estranged friend. A poignant work by a rising essayist.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Yet another example of why Elissa Washuta is one of the most talented essay writers writing today. Moving, smart, and resonant, these intertwined pieces are brilliant.\"—\u003cb\u003eLargehearted Boy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"There are lots of witchy memoirs out there, but Elissa Washuta’s \u003ci\u003eWhite Magic\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the best.\" —\u003cb\u003eThe Mary Sue\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A searingly honest and uniquely crafted work that rewards re-reading.\"—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eColumbus Monthly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"White Magic\u003c\/i\u003e shines with humor, heartbreak and the kind of wisdom that only comes by walking through fire.\" —\u003cb\u003eCITYVIEW\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Spellbinding.\"—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBitch Magazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Dazzling.\"—\u003cb\u003eSheReads\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"White magic, red magic, Stevie Nicks magic—this is Elissa Washuta magic, which is a spell carved from a life, written in blood, and sealed in an honesty I can hardly fathom.\"—\u003cb\u003eStephen Graham Jones, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Only Good Indians\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"White Magic\u003c\/i\u003e is funny and wry, it’s thought-provoking and tender. It’s a sleight of hand performed by a true master of the craft. \u003ci\u003eWhite Magic\u003c\/i\u003e is magnificent and Elissa Washuta is spellbinding. There is no one else like her.\" —\u003cb\u003eKristen Arnett, author of \u003ci\u003eMostly Dead Things\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Elissa Washuta is exactly the writer we need right now: as funny as she is formidable a thinker, as thoughtful as she is inventive—her scrutiny is a fearless tool, every subject whittled to its truest form.\"—\u003cb\u003eMelissa Febos, author of \u003ci\u003eGirlhood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"These pages are windows into a black lodge where Twin Peaks and Fleetwood Mac are on repeat—sometimes forward, sometimes backwards, sometimes in blackout blur. I stand in awe of everything here. What an incredible and wounding read.\"—\u003cb\u003eRichard van Camp, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Lesser Blessed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Part history, part riddle, part portal: this book worked on me like a spell. I’ve never read anything like \u003ci\u003eWhite Magic\u003c\/i\u003e, and will be returning to it again and again.\" —\u003cb\u003eClaire Comstock-Gay, author of \u003ci\u003eMadame Clairevoyant’s Guide to the Stars\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Beautifully crafted.\"—\u003cb\u003eWake Island Podcast\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"My favorite nonfiction book that I have read this year so far. It is fantastic. . . . I just wanted more and more from this writer who is such an incredible talent.\"—\u003cb\u003eReading Women Podcast\u003c\/b\u003eWashuta is a member of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe and a nonfiction writer. 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