6/4/2023 0 Comments White magic by elissa washutaIn 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. 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. Throughout 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. Washuta's voice sears itself onto the skin." -The New York Times Book Reviewīracingly honest and powerfully affecting, White Magic establishes Elissa Washuta as one of our best living essayists. A TIME, NPR, New York Public Library, Lit Hub, Book Riot, and Entropy Best Book of the Year
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