Spirit Run A 6,000 - Mile Marathon Through North America's Stolen Land

Description: In this New York Times Book Review Editors Choice the son of working - class Mexican immigrants flees a life of labor in fruit - packing plants to run in a Native American marathon from Canada to Guatemala in this "stunning memoir that moves to the rhythm of feet labor and the many landscapes of the Americas" (Catriona Menzies - Pike author of The Long Run). Growing up in Yakima Washington Noe A lvarez worked at an apple packing plant alongside his mother who slouched over a conveyor belt of fruit shoulder to shoulder with mothers conditioned to believe this was all they could do with their lives. A university scholarship offered escape but as a first generation Latino college goer A lvarez struggled to fit in. At nineteen he learned about a Native American/ First Nations movement called the Peace and Dignity Journeys epic marathons meant to renew cultural connections across North America. He dropped out of school and joined a group of Dene Secwe pemc Gitxsan Dakelh Apache Tohono O odham Seri Pure pecha and Maya runners all fleeing difficult beginnings. Telling their stories alongside his own A lvarez writes about a four month long journey from Canada to Guatemala that pushed him to his limits. He writes not only of overcoming hunger thirst and fear dangers included stone throwing motorists and a mountain lion but also of asserting Indigenous and working class humanity in a capitalist society where oil extraction deforestation and substance abuse wreck communities. Running through mountains deserts and cities and through the Mexican territory his parents left behind A lvarez forges a new relationship with the land and with the act of running carrying with him the knowledge of his parents migration and against all odds in a society that exploits his body and rejects his spirit the dream of a liberated future." This book is not like any other out there. You will see this country in a fresh way and you might see aspects of your own soul. A beautiful run." Lui's Alberto Urrea author of The House of Broken Angels" When the son of two Mexican immigrants hears about the Peace and Dignity Journeys 'epic marathons meant to renew cultural connections across North America he's compelled enough to drop out of college and sign up for one. Spirit Run is Noe A lvarez's account of the four months he spends trekking from Canada to Guatemala alongside Native Americans representing nine tribes all of whom are seeking brighter futures through running self exploration and renewed relationships with the land they ve traversed." Runner's World Best New Running Books of 2020" An anthem to the landscape that holds our identities and traumas and its profound power to heal them." Francisco Cantu author of The Line Becomes a River
Title: Spirit Run A 6,000 - Mile Marathon Through North America's Stolen Land
Barcode: 9781646220533
Publication Date: 3/2/2021
Category: Usa