{"title":"Victoria Blanco","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"out-of-the-sierra","title":"Out of the Sierra: A Story of Rarámuri Resistance","description":"\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #77471f;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNarrative Nonfiction by Victoria Blanco\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eJune 11, 2024 • 5.5 x 8.25 • 336 pages • 9781566896535\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eA displaced family charts a path forward in this testament to the power of perseverance and the many forms resistance can take.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Rarámuri people of Chihuahua, Mexico, make up one of the largest Indigenous tribes of North America. Renowned for maintaining their language and cultural traditions in the face of colonization, they have weathered numerous hardships—climate disaster, poverty, cultural erasure—that have only worsened during the twenty-first century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on more than a decade of oral history and participatory field work, \u003cem\u003eOut of the Sierra\u003c\/em\u003e paints a vivid and vital portrait of Rarámuri displacement. When drought leaves the Gutiérrez family with nothing to eat, they are faced with the choice many Rarámuris must make: remain and hope for rain and aid, or leave their sacred homeland behind. Luis, Martina, and their children choose to journey from their home in the Sierra Madre mountains toward a new and uncertain future in a government-funded Indigenous settlement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVictoria Blanco considers Indigenous identity with tenderness and intelligence, demanding recognition and justice for the Rarámuri people as they resist assimilation and uphold traditional knowledge in the face of broken systems. In a narrative of unprecedented access and intimacy, \u003cem\u003eOut of the Sierra\u003c\/em\u003e offers a groundbreaking testimony to human resilience and the power of community.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVictoria Blanco’s writing has been published in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCatapult\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGuernica\u003c\/em\u003e, and others. She holds her MFA in creative writing from the University of Minnesota. She is from El Paso, Texas, and now lives in Minneapolis with her husband and three sons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eOut of the Sierra\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"text\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA 2025 ALA Notable Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLonglisted for the 2025 Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA 2024 \u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e Editors' Choice\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn ABA Indies Introduce Title\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA June Indie Next pick\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA\u003cem\u003e Millions \u003c\/em\u003eMost Anticipated Book of Spring 2024\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"text\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“At once painfully intimate and staunchly unsentimental, \u003ci\u003eOut of the Sierra\u003c\/i\u003e welcomes readers into the Rarámuri world and invites us to count the human costs of climate change, capitalism, and anti-Indigenous prejudice.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003estarred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"text\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“An important book for our times, dealing with pressing issues such as colonialism, migration, climate change, and the broken justice system.” \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Millions\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"text\"\u003e“A must-read for anyone seeking to understand the complexities of Indigenous life in the face of displacement and the enduring strength of cultural identity.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eShelf Unbound\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"text\"\u003e“Through vivid character portraits and novelistic storytelling, Blanco captures what it’s like for the Rarámuri to endure such severe cultural upheaval.” \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"text\"\u003e“A painstakingly recorded, sensitively presented work of a unique “lived experience” in northern Mexico.” \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Forged in more than a decade of participatory research and accompaniment, \u003cem\u003eOut of the Sierra\u003c\/em\u003e offers readers a rare glimpse of how one indigenous Rarámuri family has battled sublimation and subjugation at the dizzying edge of a modern borderland metropolis. Encapsulating a broad spectrum of beauty, joy, fury, and loss, Blanco details quotidian acts of injustice and resistance, piercing through old narratives of erasure and cultural disappearance to offer up a proud and vivid antidote.\" \u003cstrong style=\"text-align: right; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e—Francisco Cantú\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e“In this compassionate witnessing of the Rarámuri’s living history, Blanco has intentionally reframed a long history of colonized literary poaching from Indigenous people. By centering their origin story and portraying their daily lives as resistance against cultural subjugation, Blanco's eloquent prose reminds us of the wisdom of the Rarámuri's teaching of korima, that gifts from the land are meant to be shared with loving generosity.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Diane Wilson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eOut of the Sierra\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, Victoria Blanco writes with delicacy and clarity about the Rarámuri’s refusal to assimilate even as they struggle with forced relocation, extortion, and poverty. It is a story that demands recognition of the climate crisis in progress and the human rights abuses it causes and exacerbates.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Claire Boyles\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Lyric, wise, and urgent, \u003cem\u003eOut of the Sierra\u003c\/em\u003e keeps company with Valeria Luiselli, Elizabeth Rush, and Robin Wall Kimmerer. Blanco's investigative journalism deserves more than a flattering comparison: she is a powerful new voice in ecological nonfiction and her book is not to be missed.”\u003cstrong\u003e —Kathryn Savage\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"Victoria Blanco's \u003cem\u003eOut of the Sierra\u003c\/em\u003e stands alongside Andrea Elliott's \u003cem\u003eInvisible Child\u003c\/em\u003e and Matthew Desmond's \u003cem\u003eEvicted\u003c\/em\u003e as a triumph of reporting and storytelling. Its narrative of an uprooted family pushed to their limits is wrenching, enthralling, and revelatory. It reoriented me to the world.\" \u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Megha Majumdar\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“\u003cem\u003eOut of the Sierra\u003c\/em\u003e should not only be considered a book but also an historical document. Dynamic, compassionate, and heartbreaking, Victoria Blanco has a gift for blending reportage, cultural commentary, and socioeconomic issues through an Indigenous community that demands our attention from the first page and doesn't let up.”\u003cstrong\u003e —Morgan Jerkins\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"CHPbeta","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44635240169714,"sku":"","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1475\/9808\/files\/OutoftheSierra.jpg?v=1693325415"}],"url":"https:\/\/coffeehousepress.org\/collections\/victoria-blanco.oembed","provider":"Coffee House Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}