{"product_id":"the-forgetting-tree-a-rememory-9780814344262","title":"The Forgetting Tree: A Rememory","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eA personal narrative of past and present racial violence and resistance to terror in the United States.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRae Paris began writing \u003ci\u003eThe Forgetting Tree: A Rememory\u003c\/i\u003e in 2010, while traveling the United States, visiting sites of racial trauma, horror, and defiance. The desire to do this work came from being a child of parents born and raised in New Orleans during segregation, who ultimately left for California in the late 1950s. After the death of her father in 2011, the fiction Paris had been writing gave way to poetry and short prose, which were heavily influenced by the questions she'd long been considering about narrative, power, memory, and freedom. The need to write this story became even more personal and pressing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile Paris sometimes uses the genre of \"memoir\" or \"hybrid memoir\" when referring to her work, in this case the term \"rememory,\" born from Toni Morrison's \u003ci\u003eBeloved\u003c\/i\u003e, feels most accurate. Paris is driven by the familial and historical spaces and by what happens when we remember seemingly disparate images and moments. The collection is not fully prose or poetry, but rather an elegy for those who have passed through us. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA perfect blend of prose, poetry, and images, \u003ci\u003eThe Forgetting Tree\u003c\/i\u003e is a unique and thought-provoking collection that argues for a deeper understanding of past and present so that we might imagine a more hopeful, sustainable, and loving future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eRae Paris is from Carson, California. Her work has been supported by a NEA Literature Fellowship, the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, Hedgebrook, Hambidge Center, Atlantic Center for the Arts, and VONA. She is Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Washington.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Wayne State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50328764940562,"sku":"9780814344262","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1e73be74-c8b1-4647-87e7-805d957d49f6.jpg?v=1727751182","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-forgetting-tree-a-rememory-9780814344262","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}