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En \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCon luz propia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, entabla un diálogo franco y honesto con el lector y se plantea las preguntas que nos acucian a muchos: ¿cómo construir relaciones duraderas y sinceras? ¿Cómo encontrar fuerzas y un espíritu comunitario en nuestras diferencias? ¿Qué herramientas debemos usar para combatir la baja autoestima y la sensación de impotencia? ¿Qué debemos hacer cuando empezamos a sentirnos sobrepasados?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eMichelle Obama ofrece al lector una serie de historias novedosas y reflexiones esclarecedoras sobre el cambio, los retos y el poder; incluida su convicción de que, cuando brillamos por los demás, podemos arrojar luz sobre la riqueza y el potencial del mundo que nos rodea; lo que nos permite descubrir verdades más trascendentales y nuevos caminos hacia el progreso. Partiendo de sus experiencias como madre, hija, cónyuge, amiga y primera dama, nos revela los hábitos y los principios que ha desarrollado para adaptarse con éxito al cambio y superar diversos obstáculos; la sabiduría adquirida que la ayuda a seguir escribiendo «su historia». Explica con detalle sus prácticas más beneficiosas, como «ser amable de entrada», «volar alto» y reunir ante una «mesa de cocina» a amigos y mentores de confianza. Con el sentido del humor, la franqueza y la compasión que la caracterizan explora también cuestiones relacionadas con la raza, el género y la visibilidad, animando al lector a vencer el miedo, buscar fuerza en la comunidad y vivir con denuedo.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e«Ser capaces de reconocer nuestra propia luz nos empodera para utilizarla», escribe Michelle Obama. 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No puede prever los peligrosos trayectos en bote, las interminables caminatas por el desierto, las armas apuntándole, los arrestos y los engaños que le esperan. Tampoco sabe que esas dos semanas se alargarán hasta dos meses y le cambiarán la vida, junto a un grupo de extraños que acabará por cobijarlo como una familia improvisada.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eUna autobiografía tan apasionante como emotiva, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSolito\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e no solo nos ofrece un recuento íntimo e inmediato de un viaje sinuoso y casi imposible, sino la milagrosa bondad y el amor que se entrega en los momentos más inesperados. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSolito\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e es la historia de Javier, pero es también la historia de millones más que no tuvieron otra opción más que irse de casa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eENGLISH DESCRIPTION\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eREAD WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eTODAY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e«A young poet tells the unforgettable story of his harrowing migrationfrom El Salvador to the United States at the age of nine in this moving, page-turning memoir hailed as \"the mythic journey of our era\".» —Sandra Cisneros\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTrip. 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His poetry has been published in Muzzle, Vinyl, PEN American, and various other journals. His essays and music criticism have been published in The FADER, Pitchfork, The New Yorker, and The New York Times. His first full length poetry collection, The Crown Ain't Worth Much, was released in June 2016 from Button Poetry. It was named a finalist for the Eric Hoffer Book Prize, and was nominated for a Hurston-Wright Legacy Award. With Big Lucks, he released a limited edition chapbook, Vintage Sadness, in summer 2017 (you cannot get it anymore and he is very sorry.) His first collection of essays, They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us, was released in winter 2017 by Two Dollar Radio and was named a book of the year by Buzzfeed, Esquire, NPR, Oprah Magazine, Paste, CBC, The Los Angeles Review, Pitchfork, and The Chicago Tribune, among others. He released Go Ahead In The Rain: Notes To A Tribe Called Quest with University of Texas press in February 2019. The book became a New York Times Bestseller, was a finalist for the Kirkus Prize, and was longlisted for the National Book Award. His second collection of poems, A Fortune For Your Disaster, was released in 2019 by Tin House, and won the 2020 Lenore Marshall Prize. In 2021, he released the book A Little Devil In America with Random House, which was a finalist for the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the The PEN\/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay. The book won the 2022 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction and the Gordon Burn Prize. 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Layered and probing, studded with germane autobiography, The Black Utopians is an extraordinary achievement in narrative nonfiction.\" \u003cb\u003e--Hamilton Cain, Minneapolis Star-Tribune\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"[A] captivating exploration of Black utopian movements in the United States. Robertson weaves together memoir, history, and social analysis, tracing the efforts of African Americans to create self-sufficient communities and escape systemic oppression.\"\u003cstrong\u003e -- The New Republic\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A genre-bending debut . . . The personal and the collective are seamlessly blended in this sweeping yet intricate book that excavates the past and imagines a different future.\" \u003cb\u003e--Oprah Daily\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\" The Black Utopians provides a refreshing and in depth reinterpretation of the Civil Rights and Black Power periods . . . Robertson engages with serious and important themes without being didactic or heavy-hearted. On the contrary, the knowledge shared within the pages of this book is quite freeing and liberating.\" \u003cb\u003e--Essence\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Interesting and idiosyncratic . . . A meaningful contribution to the wider literature on American utopianism . . . Original and compelling.\" \u003cb\u003e--John Jeremiah Sullivan, The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Ambitious and captivating . . . Robertson paints a vivid and beguiling picture of the indomitable human yearning for a safe and nurturing home. It's a must-read.\" \u003cb\u003e--Publishers Weekly (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Fascinating and resonant.\" \u003cb\u003e--Booklist (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Inventive . . . A fresh perspective on Black history.\" -- Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"This enticing mix of personal and general history of Black utopian safe spaces promises to engage readers interested in reckoning with the past and present of Black American experiences and milestones.\" \u003cb\u003e--Library Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"At a time when signs of dystopia and despair abound, The Black Utopians takes us on a journey to a place--as much inside as around us--where stubborn hopefulness pushes back against the sirens of impossibility. In these pages, utopia is not fanciful and fleeting escapism, but the sweat-soaked soil of freedom dreams and fugitive imagination--nowhere and everywhere at once.\" \u003cb\u003e--Ruha Benjamin, author of Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want and Imagination: A Manifesto\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"An entrancingly rich odyssey of observation and storytelling, The Black Utopians returns us to forgotten and unknown histories of the ongoing search for a fairer, more equitable America. 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She is the illustrator of three children's books: Little People, Big Dreams' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMindy Kaling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2021), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFluffy and the Stars\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2023) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Anti-Racist Kitchen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2023). Her illustrations have been featured locally and internationally--from university campuses to sports arenas and pride festivals.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"In this luminous work, Roza Nozari bridges the void between what's been lost and what endures. Her story doesn't seek to erase the fractures but to honor them, showing how, even in a life of displacement, pieces of \"home\" can be found in the quietest, most unexpected corners. All the Parts We Exile reminds us how trauma shapes us, not by breaking us, but by etching traces of where we've been, making us whole again, piece by piece.\" -- \u003cb\u003eSamra Habib, author of We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Thought-provoking and meditative, All the Parts We Exile brings the plight of strong willed daughters, immigrant parents and their personal histories into clear empathetic light. Nozari's prose is nuanced and wrought with imagery, vivid and eloquent all at once. The memoir is symphonic in scope: orchestrating excruciating rites of familial identity, radical self-acceptance, loss, and personal growth. A talented writer and artist, Nozari deftly charts a moving history that is both complex and mesmerizing, sweeping across timelines and through the queer spaces of Toronto and Iran. A dazzling opus of what it means to be a person grasping for answers of belonging and emerging transformed. Nozari's journey invites readers to rethink the immigrant family narrative.\" -- \u003cb\u003eLindsay Wong, author of The Woo-Woo and Tell Me Pleasant Things about Immortality\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"With sparkling prose and captivating storytelling, All the Parts We Exile gifts insight into a life both relatable and unique. Roza Nozari does not equivocate, evade or apologize. Here is a story that is hard, soft, witty and touching.\" \u003cb\u003e--Jenny Heijun Wills, author of Everything and Nothing At All\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\" All the Parts We Exile wraps an immigrant, coming of age, and coming out story around each other, probing the question: how do we exist and fully belong across identities? A fearless exploration of the visceral longing for home, a reckoning with trauma, grief, and displacement, and an ode to the healing power of artmaking, this is an exquisitely written, honest, tender and enthralling memoir.\" -- \u003cb\u003eCarmen Aguirre, author of Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"In this compelling memoir, Roza Nozari pieces together her mother's past while grappling with her own queerness. All the Parts We Exile is a portrait of a family of women trying their best with what they have, sorting through the detritus of migration and shame to find the parts of themselves they lost along the way.\" -- \u003cb\u003eCatherine Hernandez, author and screenwriter of Scarborough the book and film\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf Canada","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48958834081985,"sku":"9781039007062","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0535\/7522\/1441\/files\/9781039007062.jpg?v=1738425927"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.bookhavenbooks.com\/collections\/memoirs.oembed?page=2","provider":"Book Haven Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}