Spirit Run
A 6,000-mile Marathon Through North America's Stolen Land
New York : Catapult, [2020], ℗♭2020.
Format: Book
Description: xviii, 218 pages ; 22 cm
"Growing up in Yakima, Washington, No©♭ ©|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, ©|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 Den©♭, Secw©♭pemc, Gitxsan, Dakelh, Apache, Tohono O'odham, Seri, Pur©♭pecha, and Maya runners, all fleeing difficult beginnings. Telling their stories alongside his own, ©|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, ©|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."--Amazon.com.
Contents:
Warehouse white noise -- The "Palm Springs of Washington" -- Ganas in Carver Country -- Getting out -- Walla Walla walkabouts -- Cold feet -- The arrival -- Tree noodles -- "Indian time" -- La Cruz de Campos -- Glacier dip -- Washington gray -- Goldendale -- An X-Man -- Apache medicine -- Cougar country -- City-slicker natives -- Tlaloc in L.A. -- Southern fire -- Main in the maze -- Running the wrong way -- The devil's coffin -- El chapito -- Deer runners -- Chihuahua -- Touch of treasure -- The rebirth story -- Nayarit -- Mangoes -- Santo coyote -- Hardware store -- Weaving words -- The flying men of Teotihuac©Łn -- Descending eagle -- Oaxaca -- Zapatistas : rebel country -- Acteal -- Guatemala -- Old orchard -- Today.
Subjects:
©
lvarez, No©♭.
Long-distance running -- North America -- Anecdotes.
Long-distance runners -- United States -- Biography.
Indians of North America -- Social conditions.
Indians of North America -- Biography.
©
lvarez, No©♭.
Long-distance running -- North America -- Anecdotes.
Long-distance runners -- United States -- Biography.
Indians of North America -- Social conditions.
Indians of North America -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781948226462
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Alvarez, Noé | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Biography | In |
SPORTS Running Alv | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |